Although they were one of the first companies to back out of their deal with the disgraced elder statesman of comedy, Netflix is sticking by their decision to continuing to distribute his beloved TV show from the 80s. According to the latest gossip news updates, the internet giant was more concerned with how his Netflix stamped standup special, Bill Cosby 77, that would affect their brand, than they were some series that everyone already loves and no one else is banning. Meanwhile, as the rest of the world continues to turn against the former face of Jell-O, his wife Camille O Cosby is said to still be standing her by her husband of 51-years, even after it's been revealed that he knowingly gave women drugs in order to have sex with them.
Even though his company in no way wants to be directly associated with comedy/serial rape icon, Bill Cosby,right now, Netflix chief content officer, Ted Sarandos, really doesn't see any problem with allowing subscribers to continue to rent his original Cosby Show through their male service, just as long as it doesn't reflect too poorly on them as a whole.
At the recent Television Critics Association's semi-annual press tour in Beverly Hills, California, Mr Sarandos explained that Netflix' ultimate decision to shelve Bill Cosby 77, for the time, being had to do far more with branding that it did their a willingness to boycott an artist because of their many alleged sex crimes (via Entertainment Weekly):
"I don't think it's appropriate to release [the special] now...[but] DVDs [of The Cosby Show] might still be the library.
"That DVD business is more about the completeness of things published on DVD.
"The Cosby Show is produced by NBC and owned by Carsey-Werner; the [stand-up special was] produced by Netflix and branded Netflix.
"The classic show is on iTunes, it's on Amazon, it's on all these other places too. I think it's appropriate."
While it would seem at this point that Camille Cosby would have seen and heard enough to also come to decision that Bill Cosby isn't a man worth steaking your reputation upon any longer, People point out that the 71-year-old has already seemingly made it known that she has made a conscious effort to judge her husband solely by her professional body of work:
"I met my husband, Bill Cosby, in 1963, and we were married in 1964,.
"The man I met, and fell in love with, and whom I continue to love, is the man you all knew through his work.
"None of us will ever want to be in the position of attacking a victim. But the question should be asked -- who is the victim?"
What do you think about The Cosby Show?
Should it be taken off the air forever before another impressionable generation has its mind shaped by a known sociopath?
Or, would taking The Cosby Show off the air really just serve to punish the many for the sins of the few?
