‘We Need to Talk About Cosby’ Review: A Knotty, Thoughtful, Complicated Look At An Icon & Monster [Sundance]

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Even the title of W. Kamau Bell’s “We Need to Talk About Cosby” is loaded – because when we talk about Bill Cosby, we’re not just talking about Bill Cosby.

We’re talking about rape culture, we’re talking about race, we’re talking about representation, we’re talking about celebrity, we’re talking about power… we’re talking about subjects that are larger than one entertainer, even one of the most successful and wealthy entertainers of the 20th century.

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