The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated The Collected Works of Billy the Kid in Books
Oct 7, 2020
Fanny's Affairs
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Fanny's past relationship has left her favouring the monogamous lifestyle with a secret business as...
Kinky Boots
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Kinky Boots is a Broadway musical with music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper and a book by Harvey...
Good Joe Bell (2020)
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The true story of a small town, working class father who embarks on a solo walk across the U.S. to...
Beautifully Broken (2018)
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Based on a true story. A refugee's escape, a prisoner's promise, and a daughter's painful secret...
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Adrift (2018)
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Based on the true story of survival, a young couple's chance encounter leads them first to love, and...
Official Secrets (2019)
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The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA...
Unbelievable
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The true story of Marie, a teenager who was charged with lying about having been raped, and the two...
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Eleanor (1463 KP) rated Unbelievable in TV
Oct 16, 2019
I came across the story from a podcast episode on This American Life which had based an episode on the Pulitzer Prize-winning article “An Unbelievable Story of Rape” and was rerunning the story because of this series coming out. It’s a hard-hitting story that strongly shines a light on the issues between differences of how victims can be treated. This adaptation does the story justice and is an engrossing watch.
We start off meeting Marie a young woman fresh out of the foster system who is raped by an intruder; her story and in particular how she is treated are hard to watch but important for people to understand the full horror of having to come forward as a victim.
As the series progresses we still see Marie’s journey but more of the action is on investigations into other rapes in different jurisdictions. We meet Det. Karen Duvall and Det. Grace Rasmussen who are both great and the story gets easier to watch as we see them get down to some hard-hitting police work.
What sets this apart in the current influx of true-crime TV is the real focus on the victims rather than the all too common focus on the perpetrator. It works so well; making a strong emotional watching experience.