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I'm Jonathan Kay.

The recently aired HBO documentary series Alan V. Pharaoh

was described by the network as a four-part show that quote is and public scandals. The accusation of sexual abuse against Woody Allen involving

Dylan, his then seven-year-old daughter with Mia Faro, their subsequent custody

trial, the revelation of Alan's relationship with Faro's daughter, Sun Yee, and the controversial aftermath in the years that followed."

That sounds neutral and objective, but as many reviewers have noted, behind that facade,

Alan V Pharaoh is actually a heavily torqued attack on Alan.

In the left-leaning guardian newspaper for instance Hadley Freeman's article about the series was

titled Alan Vif Pharaoh is pure PR.

Why else would it emit so much?

In the article, Freeman described the long list of details that the directors

seem to have selectively omitted,

and described what results as quote as

as biased and partial as a political candidate's advertisement vilifying an

...