Talk:Sons a Witches

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Not about Weinstein

There is no evidence that this episode has anything to do with Harvey Weinstein. While one critic said this, the "witch pursuit thingy" isn't a reference to that. It is about the fact that Trump's associates were implicated in the Russian collusion investigation. Keeping the assertion that this has something to do with Harvey Weinstein in the first paragraph is improper and wildly speculative. The assertion in the first paragraph that this has anything to do with Weinstein must be removed as it is false. Eyes down, human. (talk) 07:16, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

Cite your source. Otherwise this statement is opinion. Since the critical reviews state that the episode parodies the Weinstein investigation, that's what's being reported. - SanAnMan (talk) 12:21, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

The evidence in question is in the multiple sources cited in the Critical reception section, which details how critics saw it as a parody of certain aspects of that scandal. That said, the Lead should emphasize that's a viewpoint of critics, and should not be stated as fact in Wikipedia's voice, so I fixed that. Nightscream (talk) 16:10, 1 October 2019 (UTC)