'If I'm really learning the lessons of Bill Cosby that I thought he wanted me to learn, then that guy wants me to make this doc.' W. Kamau Bell on why he needed to make 'We Need to Talk About Cosby'
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Lenses are pre-composed of a lot of different parts, so I can build the lens for you. I don’t remember a time in my life where “If I’m really learning the lessons of Bill Cosby that I thought he wanted me to learn, then that guy wants me to make this doc.” The series does a fantastic job reminding viewers that there’s no such thing as a “perfect victim” and highlights the myriad blaming-and-shaming methods some people use on survivors.
You say in the series that a lot of people declined to talk to you. Was it difficult to find willing participants, and what were the main reasons people passed on you? I think because the system has been set up to raise men not to trust. I grew up in the era of, “If a woman says no, that no means no.” But at the same time, in the culture, it’s like, “Well, the first no doesn’t always mean no.” There’s this sense of, How many nos it takes to get to no. That’s why these structures have to be redone and we need to talk to women who have been in this position because this is not about one man doing bad things.
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