In Reply to: Well, I guess he lost his case because bad people just.... posted by Mrs. Piggy on August 21, 2002 at 18:35:22:
Thank you for that! My point precisely! The movies have led you to trust a category of propagandist-provocateur high-falutingly called "film documentarian". And seeing is believing!Dare I say, neither you nor any other of my opponents in this discussion have read a word on the topic from original sources?
Documentaries, you add, are "an excellent way to learn about people." OK, but who's discussing people? I was concentrating on the *issues*, otherwise known as "science". Plus I was upbraiding folks for believing what they see *through an advocate's lens and editing table*.
It shouldn't surprise you to learn -- although it will -- that the director played the movie around extensively before release, fine-tuning it to various objections that were raised. I'll leave it to your imagination what those might have been. Because of the extensive re-editing, the submitting to pressure, I refused to watch the thing.
clark
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Follow Ups
- "a documentary, not a movie" - clarkjohnsen 07:59:13 08/22/02 (3)
- I'm discussing people. - Mrs. Piggy 12:11:07 08/22/02 (2)
- Some of you get it, some of you don't. - clarkjohnsen 12:38:29 08/22/02 (1)
- It's much worse... - The Killer Piglet 16:04:50 08/22/02 (0)