gregorumtoNews@lemmy.worldEnglish·5 months agocross-posted to: usnews@beehaw.orgMorgan Spurlock, documentary filmmaker behind 'Super Size Me,' dies at 53(www.nbcnews.com)external-linkarrow-up1259arrow-down115message-square64fedilink
arrow-up1244arrow-down1external-linkMorgan Spurlock, documentary filmmaker behind 'Super Size Me,' dies at 53(www.nbcnews.com)gregorumtoNews@lemmy.worldEnglish·5 months agocross-posted to: usnews@beehaw.orgmessage-square64fedilink
minus-squarekandoharrow-up6arrow-down20·5 months agolinkfedilinkHe’s a good lesson in why you can’t take a documentary as 100% truth, no matter how good it is or how much the message confirms your biases.
minus-squareCheemsarrow-up14arrow-down1·5 months agolinkfedilinkBecause years later the guy in the documentary could die from cancer?
minus-squaregamermanhEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down0·5 months agolinkfedilinkBecause he was a massive alcoholic and was experiencing the effects of detox and passing it off as what he was doing for the documentary They said “he is” not “here is”
minus-squareIronpigsWizardarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agolinkfedilinkYeah, Ken Burns baseball totally needs to be questioned…
He’s a good lesson in why you can’t take a documentary as 100% truth, no matter how good it is or how much the message confirms your biases.
Because years later the guy in the documentary could die from cancer?
Because he was a massive alcoholic and was experiencing the effects of detox and passing it off as what he was doing for the documentary
They said “he is” not “here is”
Yeah, Ken Burns baseball totally needs to be questioned…