Post by respect77 on Feb 6, 2021 4:53:08 GMT
From media reports and interviews it sounds very much like LN: Biased from the get go, starting from the never proven premise that a crime actually did happen. According to trailers all or most people interviewed are from the accuser's side too, just like in LN. (Although here the creators claim they did reach out to Woody, unlike Reed who never reached out to anyone from MJ's side, in fact they kept it a secret from them until shortly before release so that they can't even prepare a reply.)
The excuse used is the same as in LN that "it's not about the perpetrator". Yeah, only it is his life that is going to get ruined.
Since the #MeToo movement began, Allen has been ostracized in a number of ways: Amazon canceled his multiple-picture movie deal. His latest film still hasn’t found U.S. distribution. The first publisher of his memoir backed out. Some actors have said they won’t work with him going forward. Why put this documentary out now?
ZIERING Our objective is never about the perpetrator (my note: and where was it ever proven that Allen is actually a perpetrator and not a victim of an angry and mentally unstable ex?). It’s more about all of us understanding these crimes (once again: where is the proof that a crime actually happened here?), understanding the way we are all complicit to these crimes (complicit in what crimes if it is not true in the first place?) and I do mean all of us, both wittingly and unwittingly. It’s also about how do you talk about something that happens all the time in America and no one feels comfortable talking about? This isn’t the full exploration of that. It’s one way to get people to start thinking about that.
DICK Like “On the Record,” where people got to experience what happens when a person decides to come forward and the immediate aftermath, this gets inside the experience of the people involved. That’s why it’s not just about somebody who is accused (only it is the accused's life that is ruined by such one sided trials by media).
ZIERING Our objective is never about the perpetrator (my note: and where was it ever proven that Allen is actually a perpetrator and not a victim of an angry and mentally unstable ex?). It’s more about all of us understanding these crimes (once again: where is the proof that a crime actually happened here?), understanding the way we are all complicit to these crimes (complicit in what crimes if it is not true in the first place?) and I do mean all of us, both wittingly and unwittingly. It’s also about how do you talk about something that happens all the time in America and no one feels comfortable talking about? This isn’t the full exploration of that. It’s one way to get people to start thinking about that.
DICK Like “On the Record,” where people got to experience what happens when a person decides to come forward and the immediate aftermath, this gets inside the experience of the people involved. That’s why it’s not just about somebody who is accused (only it is the accused's life that is ruined by such one sided trials by media).
It seems to me that HBO is trying to make these type of docs its brand now. Is virtue signalaing really more important in this age than basic fairness, due process and journalistic ethics?