They just can't let crap go

[CatWoman]

“There’s Been Fights, There’s Been Tears”: The Making of ‘Impeachment: American Crime Story’

When word first leaked that Ryan Murphy would be centering an upcoming installment of his American Crime Story on the events that led to Bill Clinton’s impeachment, Monica Lewinsky couldn’t help but panic.

It was early 2017, and the former White House intern turned Clinton paramour had only recently reclaimed her narrative, a herculean task that began in earnest with an empowering Ted Talk and an essay in Vanity Fair. And though she had devoured the first season of the FX series, which rehashed the murder trial of O.J. Simpson, she wasn’t too keen on having her own past revisited — and really, who could blame her? She’d been only 22 when she entered into a secret and ultimately profile-destroying affair with the president, who was 27 years her senior and infinitely more powerful.

“You go to bed one night a private person, and the next day you’re a public human being and the whole world hates you. And you might go to jail. And you’re going to bankrupt your family. And, and, and …” she recalls over Zoom in late July. “And just because I wasn’t on the news every night for 20 years in the same way that I was in 1998 doesn’t mean that this story ended. Ten years on, I still could not get a job. I couldn’t support myself.”

Over time, and at least one run-in, several phone calls and a dinner in Manhattan, Murphy urged Lewinsky to reconsider, insisting that the series would recast the late-1990s saga from the perspective of the women involved. He’d make her a producer, too, and have her weigh in on sets and scripts and whatever else she had strong feelings about. He’d even throw in a development deal. In fact, Murphy vowed not to move forward unless she was on board; of course, once she was, he larded the cast with recognizable names, from Beanie Feldstein (as Lewinsky) and Sarah Paulson (Linda Tripp) to Clive Owen (Bill Clinton) and Edie Falco (Hillary Clinton).

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/making-impeachment-american-crime-story-1235002219/

[stopdiggin]

1. there's probably a real story (or 2 or 3) here

but from my point of view it has little to do with the personalities and characters involved - and whole boat load to do with the gears and machinations of politics, power and publicity. So - from that perspective ... Not expecting much.

[WhiteTara]

2. eww F*ing ewwww nt

[BootinUp]

3. thanks, ill make sure to miss this one. nt

[NanceGreggs]

4. Given that we're still dealing with ...

... the fallout from TFG's corrupt administration - up to and including a violent attack on the Capitol and democracy itself - the tale of a two consenting adults having a sexual relationship while one was in the WH is (pun intended) incredibly anti-climactic.

[Klaralven]

5. Sex with a subordinate employee is OK?

[NanceGreggs]

6. Can you point out where I said that?

TIA

[Klaralven]

7. You characterized it as between "two consenting adults"

Which, given the power relationship is not accurate.

[NanceGreggs]

8. They were both adults ...

... and they both consented. That IS accurate.

People can argue that the "power relationship" was relevant - but Lewinsky herself never raised it, and never said she was coerced or intimidated into the affair.

Given that Monica was one-half of the relationship, I'll take her description of the affair over yours.