Next up for American Crime Story: “Impeachment” produces by Monica Lewinsky

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Remember: Monica was sleeping with another married man when she was 19--the dad for the family she babysat for. It was a multiyear, ongoing affair. She was friends with the mom!

DM has an article about it. I had nearly forgotten that piece of her story.

Just as Bill was a serial cheater, she was a serial...I'm not sure what you call a young woman who sleeps with married men?

She invited drama into her life, but it’s hard to say why whether it’s need for attention, power, excitement, to feel desired or something else. She has spent the second half her adulthood recovering from what happened in the first part of her adulthood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Remember: Monica was sleeping with another married man when she was 19--the dad for the family she babysat for. It was a multiyear, ongoing affair. She was friends with the mom!

DM has an article about it. I had nearly forgotten that piece of her story.

Just as Bill was a serial cheater, she was a serial...I'm not sure what you call a young woman who sleeps with married men?

She invited drama into her life, but it’s hard to say why whether it’s need for attention, power, excitement, to feel desired or something else. She has spent the second half her adulthood recovering from what happened in the first part of her adulthood.

Maybe she was traumatized and has spent two decades recovering.

Or, perhaps she’s still the same and simply went all in on monetizing her plight/15 minutes of fame?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree Monica is off - but boy did Sarah Paulson transform into Linda. So much about her character and lines that I love - and the suits and hair are dead on for the time.

💯 she is a joy to watch on screen!

Agreed! Bring on the Emmy.
DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Remember: Monica was sleeping with another married man when she was 19--the dad for the family she babysat for. It was a multiyear, ongoing affair. She was friends with the mom!

DM has an article about it. I had nearly forgotten that piece of her story.

Just as Bill was a serial cheater, she was a serial...I'm not sure what you call a young woman who sleeps with married men?

OMG - I had *completely* forgotten about the drama teacher affair! Wow. That does sort of dampen my sympathy for her. And in this show, she comes across as incredibly needy and almost unhinged in her obsession with Clinton. Which surprised me, considering she produced and advised on all details! I wouldn't think she'd let herself be portrayed that way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:IS this appropriate to watch with a 14 year old? 11 year old?

How explicit is it?

It's actually not explicit at all - doesn't show any sex scenes. I think there is only one shot of Bill and Monica actually kissing. Someone mentioned the thong scene, but I must have completely missed it because I haven't seen that yet!

[Anonymous]

She put her hand on her side just enough to push the skirt down to show the top of the thong. Her top and bottom half were covered-it was just a tiny slice of skin shown between the top and bottom

However, it played in the show almost like an accident

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Remember: Monica was sleeping with another married man when she was 19--the dad for the family she babysat for. It was a multiyear, ongoing affair. She was friends with the mom!

DM has an article about it. I had nearly forgotten that piece of her story.

Just as Bill was a serial cheater, she was a serial...I'm not sure what you call a young woman who sleeps with married men?

A compassionate person would call her an abuse survivor; it’s probably what she was well before she encountered either of them.

[Anonymous]

I don’t understand why people on this thread are so hard on Beanie. She was absolutely terrific in the episode last night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She put her hand on her side just enough to push the skirt down to show the top of the thong. Her top and bottom half were covered-it was just a tiny slice of skin shown between the top and bottom

However, it played in the show almost like an accident

OMG just as I imagined. With the beret on. Sexy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:IS this appropriate to watch with a 14 year old? 11 year old?

How explicit is it?

It's actually not explicit at all - doesn't show any sex scenes. I think there is only one shot of Bill and Monica actually kissing. Someone mentioned the thong scene, but I must have completely missed it because I haven't seen that yet!

They are serious about the language warning though. Even my 17-year old, who wasn’t even paying attention, looked up in disbelief when one of the characters called another one a “m-f-ing c-s-er” last night. “Can they say that on TV?” she asked. I guess they can now!

[Anonymous]

Anything that isn’t local channels is full of cursing these days. FX has several shows that have been dropping the f bomb for years

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She put her hand on her side just enough to push the skirt down to show the top of the thong. Her top and bottom half were covered-it was just a tiny slice of skin shown between the top and bottom

However, it played in the show almost like an accident

OMG just as I imagined. With the beret on. Sexy.

Which episode was this? I haven't seen the thong scene yet.
DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why people on this thread are so hard on Beanie. She was absolutely terrific in the episode last night.

It's not that she isn't a good actress. It's just that Monica was/is SO MUCH PRETTIER.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anything that isn’t local channels is full of cursing these days. FX has several shows that have been dropping the f bomb for years

Yes, but that post was in response to someone asking if the show was appropriate to watch with tweens and young teens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand why people on this thread are so hard on Beanie. She was absolutely terrific in the episode last night.

It's not that she isn't a good actress. It's just that Monica was/is SO MUCH PRETTIER.

I agree with this. Monica wasn't really, really overweight, and had an elegance about her that Beanie can't quite replicate. I think it would be better if that actress had some of Monica's wow factor.