Posted on 08/27/2021 1:47:24 PM PDT by simpson96
Monica Lewinsky said that she requested the infamous scene where she flashed her thong to then-President Bill Clinton be added to the upcoming series about their affair, “Impeachment: American Crime Story.”
Lewinsky, 48, was a producer on the show, and said the writers initially left the scene out.
“I would’ve loved to have been really selfish and said, ‘That’s great that you guys think we don’t have to show that, fantastic,’ but I’m incredibly experienced in understanding how people see this story,” she told The Hollywood Reporter.
Lewinsky noted that, just or not, she would have been blamed if the scene wasn’t included.
“So, ultimately, I felt two things: One was that I shouldn’t get a pass because I’m a producer,” she told THR. “And two, that it was unfair to the team and to the project because it would leave everybody vulnerable.”
Lead writer Sarah Burgess said she left the scene out because she didn’t want to further traumatize Lewinsky, THR reported.
“American Crime Story” showrunners first planned a Clinton/Lewinsky-based season in 2016, with Lewinsky joining the project in 2019. Showrunner Ryan Murphy told THR that he wouldn’t have pushed forward without Lewinsky’s approval.
Beanie Feldstein will star as Lewinsky, and the two talked constantly as production started and stopped throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, THR reported. No other people, including the Clintons, were consulted on their portrayal in the show, which premieres Sept. 7 on FX.
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She’s still single, isn’t she...
Thus is her legacy!
She’s tightly hanging on to that infamy.
“Everybody knows my name. Isn’t it neat? That means I’m still famous!”
Well done, Monica. Have a cigar.
They like me The really like me…
I hope she comments in the show that he has a crooked penis.
One story I read was that she is worried that she will be traumatized by the series, and now this?
Uh, yea. Ok.
Well thinking she could get away with having an affair with the married President of the US, shows that her elevator clearly didn't go to the top floor.
What I’d give for the good ol’ thong-flashing days.
Bill Clinton likewise vividly remembers the exposure of her thong!!!!!!
Oh, and be sure and show her wiping off her mouth.
Whoa. I had no idea that this miniseries was even a thing, but, yikes, that actress is less attractive and much fatter than “that woman, Miss Lewinsky.” Who executive produces a show about themselves... and then casts someone as repulsive as that in the leading role??? Of course, Mon is never been known for her good taste or judgment.
I mean, come on, the leader of the Free World should be able to do better than that. He sure was no Jack Kennedy in that department.
Robusto my dear?
Here is what is happening: the name Ms. Lewinsky triggers images within everyone that was a teenager or older in 1997.
The least offensive mental image of that time is one of Ms. Lewinsky and her thong - everyone does that now; not a big deal.
By including the scene, Ms. Lewinsky is hoping she will be memorialized for that and nothing else.
It doesn't get any classier than that...
Thanks now I have to go to my local Lowes, park in the Veterans Spot, go in to order a case of Eye Bleach and pour like crazy right in the store.
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