Feels Good Man 2020

7.065 / 10   84 vote(s)
NR
Documentary

When indie comic character Pepe the Frog becomes an unwitting icon of hate, his creator, artist Matt Furie, fights to bring Pepe back from the darkness and navigate America's cultural divide.

Homepage https://www.feelsgoodmanfilm.com/
Release Date 2020-09-04
Runtime 1h 34m
Directors Arthur Jones, David Usui, Guy Mossman, Giorgio Angelini, Kurt Keppeler, Ben Cox, Christian Bruno
Producers Giorgio Angelini, Aaron Wickenden, Caryn Capotosto, Caitlin Ward, Rick Rosenthal, Jenny Patinkin, Joe Plummer, Maggie Angelini, Nion McEvoy, Douglas Patinkin, Regina K. Scully, Leslie Berriman, Steven H. Cohen, Kerry McLaughlin, Lou Buglioli, Susan E. Morrison, Paula M. Froehle, Jenifer Westphal, Nancy Stephens, Kurt Keppeler, Julie Parker Benello, Bryn Mooser, Kathryn Everett, Justin Lacob, Arthur Jones
Writers Giorgio Angelini, Arthur Jones, Aaron Wickenden

'Feels Good Man' is an extremely well-crafted documentary that does an excellent job explaining the very dark sub-culture of 4chan to non-nerdburgers. It's one of the first large-scale attempts to document how a meme gains popularity - which, by design, is nearly impossible, since there is no formula to create a meme, nor is there one that decides what will become popular. Arthur Jones tells an absorbing story about how something as simple as a cartoon frog can be easily co-opted and corrupted to become a symbol of pure malevolence. - Jake Watt

Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-feels-good-man-from-stoner-frog-to-bonafide-hate-symbol

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