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SleeplessinSoCal

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6. In some ways it's a documentary about the country.

Reply to LeftInTX (Reply #5)

Mon Apr 18, 2022, 01:32 PM

Apr 2022

How he was able to manipulate Margaret Thatcher shows the danger of an ideology blinding one to the importance of moderation and vetting.

I think his producer was treated with kid gloves, whereas he should have been far more scrutinized. The phenomenon of the length and breadth of Saville and this documentary line up perfectly. In so many ways it's about all manipulative public figures - like tfg.

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Netflix Documentary on Jimmy Saville. [View all] SleeplessinSoCal Apr 2022 OP

Just watched it a couple nights ago. Staggering what he got away with. ratchiweenie Apr 2022 #1

the lawyer he had, clearly represented well heeled creeps. SleeplessinSoCal Apr 2022 #2

I tried watching it, but couldn't get into it. LeftInTX Apr 2022 #3

The accolades are there until they find out who he really was. SleeplessinSoCal Apr 2022 #4

I know about him. LeftInTX Apr 2022 #5

In some ways it's a documentary about the country. SleeplessinSoCal Apr 2022 #6