W. Kamau Bell's Bill Cosby Showtime docuseries to tackle whether art can be separated from artist

The Hollywood Reporter

Showtime has picked up and unveiled the teaser for We Need to Talk About Cosby, a four-part docuseries premiering on Showtime on Jan. 30, eight days after its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. According to Showtime, "We Need to Talk About Cosby will unpack how Cosby’s desire for power, which propelled his professional success, could be the same driving force that motivated his alleged crimes against women. It will contrast the performer, philanthropist and role model that made up Cosby’s public persona for decades with the accused sexual predator that now defines him." Bell says of his docuseries: “As a child of Bill Cosby, I was a huge fan of all his shows and wanted to be a comedian because of him. I never thought I’d ever wrestle with who we all thought Cosby was and who we now understand him to be. I’m not sure he would want me to do this work, but Cliff Huxtable definitely would.”