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He used the Interrotron on his incredible First Person TV series, which essentially gave us 17 Morris-quality (ie, "as good as it gets") short documentaries. H

He used the Interrotron on his incredible First Person TV series, which essentially gave us 17 Morris-quality (ie, "as good as it gets") short documentaries. Highly recommended - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Person_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Person_(TV_series)

drzaiusapelord 10y ago
This must have been amazing to watch back then but now it just seems like a lot of questionable has-beens like Temple Grandin, Josh Harris, the 'Mr. Debt' lawyer (who is now in jail), etc. The series just didn't age well. I think the TV networks forced Morris to do much more topical subjects than he was used to. His film work has a much more timeless quality. As a Morris fan, I cringe a little at the "flavor of the month" style interviewees from the old TV show. I think this is also why documentaries have so much more potential than TV. There's far more autonomy for the creators and less of a corrupting profit incentive.
- mercer 10y ago
  Could you elaborate on Temple Grandin as a 'questionable has-been'? I quite enjoyed one of her books recently.
  - drzaiusapelord 10y ago
    I think she represented the 90s pop-science autism fad (ASD hero worship stuff that trivializes non-HF autistics - which is sometimes called the ableist view) and a lot of her claims are on the receiving end of a fair bit of criticism. That's on top of her clear conflict of interest being a consultant to agribusiness and the Oprah-like PR her people have developed for her: Some links if you're interested: http://www.autistichoya.com/2013/08/critiquing-temple-grandin.html http://www.autistichoya.com/2013/08/critiquing-temple-grandi... http://www.forbes.com/sites/vickeryeckhoff/2011/12/06/horse-slaughterhouse-investigation-sounds-food-safety-and-cruelty-alarms/#380c39c63036 http://www.forbes.com/sites/vickeryeckhoff/2011/12/06/horse-... http://dailypitchfork.org/?p=536 http://dailypitchfork.org/?p=536

drzaiusapelord 10y ago

This must have been amazing to watch back then but now it just seems like a lot of questionable has-beens like Temple Grandin, Josh Harris, the 'Mr. Debt' lawyer (who is now in jail), etc. The series just didn't age well. I think the TV networks forced Morris to do much more topical subjects than he was used to. His film work has a much more timeless quality. As a Morris fan, I cringe a little at the "flavor of the month" style interviewees from the old TV show. I think this is also why documentaries have so much more potential than TV. There's far more autonomy for the creators and less of a corrupting profit incentive.

mercer 10y ago
Could you elaborate on Temple Grandin as a 'questionable has-been'? I quite enjoyed one of her books recently.
- drzaiusapelord 10y ago
  I think she represented the 90s pop-science autism fad (ASD hero worship stuff that trivializes non-HF autistics - which is sometimes called the ableist view) and a lot of her claims are on the receiving end of a fair bit of criticism. That's on top of her clear conflict of interest being a consultant to agribusiness and the Oprah-like PR her people have developed for her: Some links if you're interested: http://www.autistichoya.com/2013/08/critiquing-temple-grandin.html http://www.autistichoya.com/2013/08/critiquing-temple-grandi... http://www.forbes.com/sites/vickeryeckhoff/2011/12/06/horse-slaughterhouse-investigation-sounds-food-safety-and-cruelty-alarms/#380c39c63036 http://www.forbes.com/sites/vickeryeckhoff/2011/12/06/horse-... http://dailypitchfork.org/?p=536 http://dailypitchfork.org/?p=536