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[quietprofanity]

[Poll #1280126]

ETA: Oh crap, I forgot my "Who is your favorite Scrooge?" question. Oh well, I haven't seen some of the best so I don't have a preference ... maybe it's for the best.

But Gonzo the great is the best Charles Dickens until I decide otherwise. :D

ETA 2: Fuck, I called "Airplane!" "Airport!" I'm such a dolt.

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<--[favorite scrooge]

[47nite.livejournal.com]

Heee, I giggled when Gonzo introduced himself as Dickens. XD

Assuming every piece of info in a documentary is 100% accurate, do you believe documentaries can be used as opinion pieces?

Other: If one merely phrases it as 'legitimate form of expression', well.

(But to be fair, I like interpretative approaches to reality - that's why I'm an illustrator/designer. There's something refreshing about taking what's simply there and bringing out what you see in it. And, er, not a journalist? :,>)

Re: <--[favorite scrooge]

[quietprofanity.livejournal.com]

Jean Luc is a very good Scrooge (although I don't think I saw ALL of the movie, I liked what I DID see). My book The Friendly Dickens has an interview with him when he did A Christmas Carol as a one-man show. He really understands the story on a deep level, I think.

Other: If one merely phrases it as 'legitimate form of expression', well.

You HAD to go there, huh? :-P

My basic idea behind my opinion is political commentary is legitimate in the print/radio media, so there's no reason why it shouldn't be legitimate on film. Also that documentaries haven't had a sacrosanct "for facts only" rule since the beginning (check out the trivia section). But I'll get into this later if/when I write this review.

[47nite.livejournal.com]

You HAD to go there, huh? :-P

Wish I could cite something nuanced (ohh yeah, Nanook~!), but multitasking shot the possibility of that down. :x

I recently heard the real problem with documentaries is they aren't achieving what they set out to, hence the need to provide an entertainment quotient to the work (which, more often than not, gives it the immediate appearance of lying and distorting the truth) :\