I Hate Bill Kurtis
I’m a cop/forensics show junkie, so I watch his programs, and some of them are good (Cold Case Files, for instance). Of course, the reason it’s good is because it focuses on the investigation, and Bill doesn’t have time to wet his pants and wring his hands on camera.
Not so American Justice, which would be more aptly named American Pity Party. Bill does everything he can to make each episode one big long whinefest. There was just an episode about Aileen Wournos, who murdered at least seven men in 1990. At the end of the episode, Bill intones the following organic fertilizer:
There are many who feel justice in this case was overwhelmed by the lucrative prospects of book and movie deals inspired by Aileen’s story.
Justice was overwhelmed? How, exactly? She murdered seven men. There was nothing ambiguous or questionable about the case or its prosecution. She freely and happily admitted that she had murdered them, and even told the families of her victims that they owed her because they had “raped” her (there was no evidence of that, unlike her guilt). How, exactly, was justice supposed to have been overwhelmed?
Of course, he never explains, and immediately afterwards, adds this:
In fact, the week of her execution it was announced that acress Charlize Theron would be playing Wournos in a film about her life.
Bill was obviously poorly educated, and needs to look up non sequitur, since this statement has nothing to do with his previous hand-wringing. But in his tiny, twisted, criminal-admiring mind, I suppose it somehow has some relevance to the rest of his idiotic statement.
By the way, it was just on. I rarely actively watch American Bed-Wetter. Bill, don’t you know that methane is a greenhouse gas? Haven’t you heard how flatulence is going to bring about the end of the world? If you’re concerned about global warming, why do you contribute methane levels every time you open your stupid mouth?