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Karen Hunter Is Awesome!

The Messages Within the Netflix Series "As You Stood By"

Karen Hunter Is Awesome!

Women's Empowerment Network

Entrepreneurship, Karen Hunter, Mental Health, Women, Finances, Female Empowerment, Women's Empowerment Network, Society & Culture, Business, Health & Fitness, Entertainment

5.0687 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Tremell McKenzie joins Karen Hunter to take a deep dive into the Netflix series "As You Stood By," breaking down its most powerful moments.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Karen Hunter's awesome, and I'm back to talk about what I'm watching.

0:14.4

By the way, the hashtag is K-H, what to watch. And if you want to know what I'm watching,

0:18.8

you can go to Karen Hunter Show.com and click on the watch. Drop down what to watch is right there you want to know what I'm watching, you can go to Karenhunter's show.com and click on the

0:21.6

watch. Drop down what to watch is right there. Okay. Today, I got roped into watching another

0:27.3

show that I had no plans on watching because once again, the first episode was traumatic.

0:35.3

And it is called, as I stood by, as I stood by on Netflix, well, first of all, it's Korean.

0:42.3

I don't watch it.

0:43.1

Well, I do watch some foreign stuff.

0:46.6

But this, I'm like, abuse was in the like the first episode, domestic violence.

0:51.6

And I was like, uh-uh.

0:53.1

I can't do it.

0:54.0

I got roped in again, though. Once again, let me welcome my producer, Tremel. Hey, Karen. Hey, what's up? So I picked it up and put it down twice. My mother couldn't take it either for what it's worth. Okay. Because I told her, I was like, hey, check this out.

1:11.6

And I spoke to her because she was like, you know what?

1:13.8

That was too much from my nerves. I said, oh, I was like, it's so good, please. Yeah, maybe another time. You said it like that, too. Like, it was so brutal. It was so good. It was so brutal. So those of you who I watch dumb stuff like Squid Games.

1:27.4

So I was intrigued because one of watch dumb stuff like Squid Games.

1:44.8

So I was intrigued because one of the actresses from Squid Games, the little tiny actress. And this is the other thing. She's so petite. And she's getting her ass. I mean, like full arm swing, punched and kicked. I was like, uh-uh. I can't do it. So trigger warning, for those of you who have domestic violence in your childhood background or are you experiencing right now, it's going to be tough to watch as I stood by. And it's going to take

1:49.6

a few episodes before it actually gets, you can see the roller coaster. Oh my God. It's a ride for sure.

1:57.4

So, all right, so let me just give you the plot. It follows two high school friends.

2:01.6

They used to have a lot of fun. One of them gets married to a very successful, wealthy man.

2:07.1

It's based in Korea. Very prestigious family. The other works in like a jewelry store. And, you know,

2:14.0

she's also, I mean, she's not, she's not successful. She's successful, right. Now, the husband, when you first see him, you know, he seems like he's the perfect man. And but slowly, but surely he's trying to not let her hang out with her friends. And you don't know why until you start seeing the bruises and the actual, I mean, they are graphic in the actual ass whip in this. It is stunning how graphic they are. I think that's the way people get it. I don't think people get it if you, you know, fade the black on and just imagine what happens. I think you need to see it. Are you saying it was worse than Tina Turner's movie? No. Tina got, I mean, I mean, oh,

2:51.1

I guess all of that. I mean, it's like, I mean, it was on par, right? Yeah. But I feel like, yes, they had to do all of that, but I was saying it was tough to watch. Yeah. And because she's so small in my mind, I'm like, dude, you're kicking this woman. She may weigh 100 pounds, maybe 98 pounds,

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