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WOW, this is really great writing and drama, and topical too 10/10


I don't know why I began watching it on Hulu. Probably
because it was free, but I soon became hooked on it and
saw how smart it was and what a good commentary on
the #MeToo thing and harassment from all angles.

The dialog is brillant and dazzling ... for example, when the
wife of the husband accused of rape is talking to her husband's
and her best friend commiserating over the ordeal the friend
starts to make move on her ... she says:

> Karl, you don't love me. I'm just the closest thing you've
> got to an excuse for not loving anyone else, an excuse for
> a loveless like.

Karl is the other, more successful half of the comedy duo with
this woman's husband who being more successful has chosen
to womanize and stay alone all his life.

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