http://toddsmovieblog.com/2008/10/14/thanks-mike/ Todd Gault's thoughts on movies and entertainment Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:15:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://toddsmovieblog.com/2008/10/14/thanks-mike/#comment-125 Neal Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:02:03 +0000 http://toddsmovieblog.com/?p=106#comment-125 I remember watching "Roger and Me" and being put off by two sequences in particular: Bob Eubanks telling racist jokes and the woman skinning the rabbit. It wasn't the sequences themselves that bothered me but the fact that they were completely unrelated to the message of the film. Just as disturbing images in a heavy metal video heighten the creepiness of the song, these images were inserted to somehow strengthen his argument rather than using well-crafted interviews and compelling statistics. Given the critical acclaim the movie received, I was concerned that this would become a trend in documentaries. It certainly has been proven the case. I remember watching “Roger and Me” and being put off by two sequences in particular: Bob Eubanks telling racist jokes and the woman skinning the rabbit. It wasn’t the sequences themselves that bothered me but the fact that they were completely unrelated to the message of the film. Just as disturbing images in a heavy metal video heighten the creepiness of the song, these images were inserted to somehow strengthen his argument rather than using well-crafted interviews and compelling statistics. Given the critical acclaim the movie received, I was concerned that this would become a trend in documentaries. It certainly has been proven the case.

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