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Anonymous wrote:It’s terrific that the narrative has changed so that we see the Monica Lewinsky occurrence for what it was. Shame she’s had to spend twenty years of her life as an outcast while Bill (and Hill!) were able to put it behind them and reign as the ideological figures of the Democratic Party. Bill Clinton, for all his charm and brilliance, is a womanizer and possibly a rapist. I will definitely be watching.

I am TOTALLY with you.

I was working in politics back then and was in close contact with both Bill and Hillary. Bill is a complete sleaze and Hillary is a snake. It is easy to see how someone like ML would get taken in by the POTUS role and the smarm of Bill. The American public fell for his act and his smear campaign against her.

It is wonderful that people are finally waking up to the fact that Bill was the one who was wrong and ML was the victim. Even if Bill didn't use force ML he used his position to compel her. Disgusting.

Unfortunately now ML has lost 20 years of her life AND every time someone hears her name they are reminded of how she was victimized. I am so glad that things are turning around for her.

Not to put to fine a point on her suffering, but Monica has made multi-millions off being the intern who gave a single blow job to the president.

$500,000 for the first book
$1,000,000 for her first public interview (Barbara Walters)
$200,000 for the Monica Lewinsky line of handbags
$300,000 for her Jenny Craig endorsement
$250,000 for her television gig
$12,000,000 for her second memoir (O.O)
$1,000,000 for the Netflix biography deal
$750,000 for the assorted guest appearances she'd done over 10 years on places like Jimmy Kimmel Live

https://www.latimes.com/books/la-xpm-2012-sep-20-la-jc-monica-lewinsky-memoir-20120920-story.html
https://slate.com/human-interest/2012/09/monica-lewinsky-s-book-deal-12-million-is-a-lot-of-money-and-yet-we-still-feel-bad-for-her.html

Not saying she's wrong. I applaud her for getting her money, but let's not pretend she hasn't done well for herself off the scandal.

Except for the $12M deal, that's not a lot of money for decades of working. Her career abruptly ended and she was enmeshed in scandal, labeled a slut. I wouldn't want her path even if it came with the money.

Anonymous wrote:Here are my two hot takes (well, I'm adding aq third):

1). Monika Lewinsky was harmed in a bad power dynamic, AND she's not blameless. She stalked BC and went after him (OW are usually eviscerated on this board, no matter how much they say they are naive or under the sway of an older, powerful man).

2). Linds tripp was an awful scheming person AND she also probably was the only one who did the right thing (by reporting what was going on).

And my bonus:

3) I'm surprised there's not been more alternate reality analysis if what had happened if BC had resigned in February 1998. It would have ben more than two years into the presidency, which means Al Gore would've gotten two years, PLUS could've run for two more terms. If Clinton resigned, do we get Hilary as a Senator? eDo we get Barrack Obama (maybe Hilary divorces Bill and runs for Senate in Illinois)? Do we get Hilary as presidential candidate? Does 9/11 happen? re we in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq? Do we get Trump as president? My take is, BC should have resigned, and we would not have had Trump as president. I think there's a direct line.

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Can you even imagine being in her shoes?

She could have changed her name and moved on with her life

Are you kidding? What good would that do?

+1

She’s so successful now to this day and honestly is an inspiration. I admire Monica and find her to be incredibly resilient.

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Anonymous wrote:This show's a first: first time the real person is better looking than the actress picked to play them -- Monica's much more attractive than the actress.

+1.
That Feldstein girl is very dowdy-looking. Bill Clinton, surely, was a womanizer, but I don't think even he'd fall for her.
Monica, on the other hand, at her heyday, was attractive, no questions asked.

Monica is still gorgeous. Her skin!

Anonymous wrote:When and where is it on tonight?

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Anonymous wrote:Feldstein is Jonah Hill's sister. Her ascendance in Hollywood is pure industry nepotism - she's not that talented, she's not a writer, and doesn't really have the looks. If this were the 1980s, she'd "have a face for radio."

Agree with others that Monica was strikingly pretty at the time of the scandal.

I don't think all of that is necessarily true.

She didn't just graduate from high school and jump right into lots of roles or even big roles. She went to college, but she didn't study film or theatre there.

IMO, Dave Franco is more of a star due to industry nepotism than she is.

I've never met other people who even know Jonah Hill is her brother. Is she the greatest actress? No, but she's not terrible. I would probably say she's currently D or C List. I do expect that to rise after this show and I'm sure she'll get an emmy nom.

Anonymous wrote:It’s so boring. They did Monica so dirty by casting Beanie

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Can you even imagine being in her shoes?

She could have changed her name and moved on with her life

Are you kidding? What good would that do?

Anonymous wrote:

Can you even imagine being in her shoes?

She could have changed her name and moved on with her life