Anyone watch that JonBenet Ramsey two-episode "investigative" special on CBS? Seems like all anyone can talk about around here, but I finally got around to trying to watch it and holy shit it was horrid.
First off the production is a nightmare. All the conversations are clearly scripted and are distractingly contrived. And the "investigation" they do is a fucking joke. I'm shocked that anyone is persuaded by any of the arguments put forward in this thing. They have gotten some big names in forensics, I'll give them that. But they employ them so poorly that they may as well have hired actors to play forensics people because the professionals only lose credibility participating in this nonsense.
And now apparently the Ramseys (at least those who are still living - the dad and son) are suing CBS over it, which, without having looked at the substance of the complaint, I would think is a totally pointless exercise. But I'd like to sue CBS for putting out such a trainwreck of a production when they could have done some interesting things with the subject matter.
Although I have to say there is still basically no chance I'll feel significant sympathy for a family who names their child JonBenet. Good god.
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