Feels Good Man 2020

7.1 / 10   83 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, Giorgio Angelini, David Usui, Kurt Keppeler, Guy Mossman, Ben Cox, Christian Bruno
Producers Caryn Capotosto, Aaron Wickenden, Giorgio Angelini, Caitlin Ward, Douglas Patinkin, Maggie Angelini, Joe Plummer, Lou Buglioli, Nion McEvoy, Jenny Patinkin, Paula M. Froehle, Rick Rosenthal, Regina K. Scully, Jenifer Westphal, Nancy Stephens, Leslie Berriman, Kurt Keppeler, Kerry McLaughlin, Susan E. Morrison, Steven H. Cohen, 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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