I'm having some problems with Blogger at the moment. For some reason, it reverted my last two posts back to draft. I published them again so hopefully they're up now. It's just weird.Speaking of weird, some friends and I saw the trailer for this documentary on the DVD for Hail, Satan? and thought "well, we have to watch that next." David Farrier is a New Zealand journalist who specializes in pop culture. Basically, he spends all day on the internet hunting down cute stories for his news site. When he comes across a video for "competitive endurance tickling," he knows he's found his next story. But a simple request for more information turns into a harassment campaign from the video's owner, Jane O'Brien Media. Everyone should know by now that harassing a journalist or a comedian just leads to more trouble than it's worth. David and his cameraman, Dylan Reeve, follow the trail of tickling videos from New Zealand to New York City in an effort to determine who is behind the videos, what is their purpose, and who is behind this toxic harassment of anyone who dares question or quit.
Honestly, we were not prepared for how creepy this film got. I'm not going to spoil it. It's really something better to be experienced for yourself. What starts off as kind of a joke turns into a sobering look at how money covers up a lot of sins and just how easy it is to ruin people's lives over the internet.
It's streaming on Hulu and it's absolutely worth your time.
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