'The White Lotus': Everything You Need to Know About the HBO SeriesĮvery IndieWire TV Review from 2021 So Far, Ranked by Best to Worst Grade ‘The Lord of the Rings’: Everything You Need to Know About Amazon’s Big Money Adaptation “ Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes” premieres Monday, July 12 at 9 p.m. It’s hard not to feel this is just laziness masquerading as thoughtful content. “Catch & Kill: The Podcast Tapes” works strictly for those who didn’t read Farrow’s book and want a crash course on the Weinstein case. It begins and ends as a moment in time that we, allegedly, learned from. As it is, the finale doesn’t even end with any text about where Weinstein is or where his accusers are today. Had Farrow maybe discussed the case in the context of today’s developments, the six episodes may have felt fresh. With Bill Cosby recently released from prison and Kevin Spacey working on a new movie, it often feels like Weinstein was the only man actually punished for anything since #MeToo started. In another format, the series could have benefited from discussions with Farrow about the fallout of the Weinstein case in 2021. If anything, the series doesn’t magnify the new information (if there is any) in a way that those who listened to the podcast back in 2019 would notice it, let anyone anyone who missed it the first time. The series’ synopsis touts never-before-seen footage and new insights, but they’re hard to pin down, maybe because by this point the Weinstein case has played out so heavily in the public eye that we know everything there is to know. “Catch & Kill: The Podcast Tapes” - Credit: HBO It’s also a good thing that each episode is about 20-minutes because there’s only so much time you can spend watching Farrow and crew sit in chairs across from each other and have a very rehearsed conversation (or shots of Farrow furiously typing on his computer). All of this, on paper, sounds great, and it certainly read well in Farrow’s book. The premiere episode rehashes the various victims (albeit the ones Farrow talked to himself) with little depth or nuance because the primary way audiences would be taking this in is through audio.įrom there, episodes go through the same rote patterns, focused on the journalists from The Hollywood Reporter who tried to take Weinstein down, the editors and fact-checkers at The New Yorker who helped look at Farrow’s piece, and the famous Black Cube subcontractor who was sent to spy on Farrow. We start by meeting Ambra Battilana Gutierrez, the woman who recorded Weinstein’s harassment and was one of the first victims to go to the police with claims against him. The six episodes detail what we know about the Weinstein case, much of which was given far more detail in Farrow’s book. Really, that’s all the series is: portions of Farrow’s recorded podcast with the benefit of video. 'Rick and Morty' Review: 'Rickdependence Spray' Is an Odd Tale Filled with Self-Inflicted Mistakes 'The Beast Must Die' Review: Cush Jumbo and Jared Harris Create Perfect Dueling Partners His podcast actually started in November 2019 and concluded around February 2020, so it’s hard to figure out why, in July 2021, there needs to be a glorified video podcast told as a six-episode series - well, short of corporate greed. “Catch & Kill: The Podcast Tapes” is an interesting experiment in that it feels like something that should have come out in the immediate aftermath of Farrow’s book. Two years out, we’re still seeking answers to the question of who’s been affected by everything started by #MeToo, with Weinstein still being the de facto man caught and (figuratively) killed by accusations. The book was a critical and commercial success in a year that saw the #MeToo movement move with the power of a freight train. Farrow’s reporting on the subject was published. In 2019, journalist Ronan Farrow’s book, “Catch & Kill,” focused on the downfall of disgraced Miramax mogul Harvey Weinstein.
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