# Has anyone seen Capturing the Friedmans, and how was it

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**Created:** [July 23, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-capturing-the-friedmans-and-how-was-it/313755 "2005-07-23T02:31:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-capturing-the-friedmans-and-how-was-it/313755/21 "2005-07-25T16:31:52Z")

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> [@JohnT](#):
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> I don’t know. I found her actions entirely consistent with a person who knew her husbands “failings” (to put it nicely), spent years dreading that this day would come, and now that it has, wants to put it behind her as soon as possible.

My point is that she seemed to be some amoral and self-absorbed that she cared only about the effect of his predilictions on her. I can imagine a lot of reactions by the wife of a pedophile who is finally caught after many years, but I wouldn’t expect one like, “I’m glad you’ll be gone after being so annoying to me for so long.”

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**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-capturing-the-friedmans-and-how-was-it/313755/22 "2005-07-25T20:34:46Z")

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> [@Wesley Clark](#):
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> It is a documentary taken by a family after the father and son are accused of child molestation. Has anyone seen it.

Very compelling, but relentlessly sad. _Relentlessly_.

VCNJ~

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2005, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-seen-capturing-the-friedmans-and-how-was-it/313755/23 "2005-08-22T01:34:46Z")

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I know I’m dredging this up, but I just saw the doc for the first time and… jesus. My friends and I were just blown away, speechless until we watched the extras CD and then there was a lot of muttering (especially during the witness session that the mother managed to tape record).  
One thing that no one’s mentioned- the obviously-disturbed witness that goes into graphic detail about the rapes (which somehow didn’t result in complaints from the neighbours over screaming, bloody clothing, etc.) uhh, how do I put this delicately… is it just me or does he keep touching his crotch? I swear, take another look. He either looks like he’s in the fgirst stages of a hard on or is swatting at his balls. Supremely odd (though it would have been interesting to hear from more witnesses, not just him and the ones who denied the claims).

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