Critical reception Metacritic, which uses a
weighted average, assigned the series a score of 83 out of 100 based on 22 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
Cosby's response A representative for Cosby issued the following statement days prior to the premiere: Mr. Cosby has spent more than 50 years standing with the excluded; made it possible for some to be included; standing with the disenfranchised; and standing with those women and men who were denied respectful work because of race and gender within the expanses of the entertainment industries, continues to be the target of numerous media that have, for too many years, distorted and omitted truths... intentionally. Mr. Cosby vehemently denies all allegations waged against him. Let's talk about Bill Cosby. He wants our nation to be what it proclaims itself to be: a democracy.
BBC Airing Controversy Following the documentary's airing on
BBC, many took issue with a statement from one of the film's contributors,
Sonalee Rashatwar which saw her claiming a consensual way to do what Cosby did existed and that "sex negativity" is largely responsible for these situations, which many condemned as promoting
rape culture.
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