When the militant group Hamas launched a devastating surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7, some fighters breached the country’s defenses in motorized paragliders. Footage of this assault from the air spread widely with the first reports of war — particularly videos of gliders descending on the Israeli music festival Supernova, where 260 attendees were killed and dozens more abducted. In the following days, photos and illustrations of Hamas forces coasting by wing became highly charged, controversial symbols: an emblem of Palestinian resistance to some, a glorification of terrorism to others.
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- 10/25/2023
- by Miles Klee
- Rollingstone.com
I Love You, You Hate Me Trailer: Barney The Dinosaur Gets A Docuseries In The Vein Of Feels Good Man
As a kid of the 1990s, it is impossible to explain the impact Barney the Dinosaur had on my own upbringing and the childhoods of the generations of children that followed. The giant purple singing dinosaur quickly became a beloved hero for toddlers and elementary school-aged kiddos everywhere, with educational messages about emotions, friendship, compassion, and basic academics hidden through song and dance. The dinosaur sensation was a children's entertainment paladin that rivaled Big Bird and Elmo on "Sesame Street," and his loving message, and the earworm of the "I Love You" song, made him a hero to little viewers all around the globe.
It also quickly turned Barney into a conduit for hatred, as conspiracy theories and violent subversions of the show's characters were brought into the fold by people desperate to put an end to the character. In a new 2-part docuseries for Peacock, "I Love You, You...
It also quickly turned Barney into a conduit for hatred, as conspiracy theories and violent subversions of the show's characters were brought into the fold by people desperate to put an end to the character. In a new 2-part docuseries for Peacock, "I Love You, You...
- 9/29/2022
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
When Matt Furie created the cartoon character Pepe the Frog in 2005 for his comic Boy’s Club, the lighthearted cartoonist never imagined his quirky creation would one day be appropriated by the alt-right movement.
The green anthropomorphic frog who once hung out with his teen monster pals on the pages of Furie’s comics has morphed over the years into a symbol of hate with versions of Pepe promoting antisemitism and white supremacy (such as the frog being illustrated as Adolf Hitler).
Once shared on social media by celebrities such as Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj, Pepe caught mainstream media’s attention ...
The green anthropomorphic frog who once hung out with his teen monster pals on the pages of Furie’s comics has morphed over the years into a symbol of hate with versions of Pepe promoting antisemitism and white supremacy (such as the frog being illustrated as Adolf Hitler).
Once shared on social media by celebrities such as Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj, Pepe caught mainstream media’s attention ...
- 1/22/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When Matt Furie created the cartoon character Pepe the Frog in 2005 for his comic Boy’s Club, the lighthearted cartoonist never imagined his quirky creation would one day be appropriated by the alt-right movement.
The green anthropomorphic frog who once hung out with his teen monster pals on the pages of Furie’s comics has morphed over the years into a symbol of hate with versions of Pepe promoting antisemitism and white supremacy (such as the frog being illustrated as Adolf Hitler).
Once shared on social media by celebrities such as Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj, Pepe caught mainstream media’s attention ...
The green anthropomorphic frog who once hung out with his teen monster pals on the pages of Furie’s comics has morphed over the years into a symbol of hate with versions of Pepe promoting antisemitism and white supremacy (such as the frog being illustrated as Adolf Hitler).
Once shared on social media by celebrities such as Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj, Pepe caught mainstream media’s attention ...
- 1/22/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Given all the hardships of the year just past, it’s certainly understandable that some viewers eschewed some of 2020’s tougher non-fiction storytelling in favor of escapism. But even with — and sometimes because of — everything else going on, the last 12 months delivered some extraordinary documentaries, and whether or not they were directly about aspects of the pandemic, they all had a lot to say about the current state of the world.
10. “Push”: As the recent furor over water being traded as a commodity reminds us, it’s never a good idea to let Wall Street collide with Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Director Fredrik Gertten takes viewers through a global crisis, in which poor people are kicked out of neighborhoods so that luxury high-rise apartments can be constructed but never occupied, purely for investment purposes. Thankfully, we also get to meet the people fighting to end this practice.
9. “American...
10. “Push”: As the recent furor over water being traded as a commodity reminds us, it’s never a good idea to let Wall Street collide with Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Director Fredrik Gertten takes viewers through a global crisis, in which poor people are kicked out of neighborhoods so that luxury high-rise apartments can be constructed but never occupied, purely for investment purposes. Thankfully, we also get to meet the people fighting to end this practice.
9. “American...
- 12/22/2020
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Sharon Van Etten has released a new song, “Let Go,” which will be featured in the upcoming documentary, Feels Good Man, about the history behind the internet meme Pepe the Frog.
As anyone who was too online during the 2016 election knows, Pepe the Frog, originally created by artist Matt Furie, began as a peaceful, stoner-related meme before being co-opted by alt-right and Neo-Nazi communities on websites such as 4chan. As documented in Feels Good Man, Furie has spent much of the past few years trying to regain artistic control of...
As anyone who was too online during the 2016 election knows, Pepe the Frog, originally created by artist Matt Furie, began as a peaceful, stoner-related meme before being co-opted by alt-right and Neo-Nazi communities on websites such as 4chan. As documented in Feels Good Man, Furie has spent much of the past few years trying to regain artistic control of...
- 10/13/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
“Pepe the Frog,” an anthropomorphized stoner, originated in the 2006 comic book, Boy’s Club, by artist Matt Furie. Like most amphibious beings who take an interest in cannabis accoutrements, Pepe is innocent enough, hanging out with his roommates and being an all around chill dude. Who could ever mistake Pepe for being something malicious? And how in the world could he ever be associated with (and co-opted by) the rising Alt-Right movement? Pepe’s unfortunate journey from kid-friendly, zen bro to sinister symbol of hatred and domestic terrorism—jointly Google “Pepe the Frog” and “9/11” if you dare—is the basis for Arthur […]...
- 9/8/2020
- by Erik Luers
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
“Pepe the Frog,” an anthropomorphized stoner, originated in the 2006 comic book, Boy’s Club, by artist Matt Furie. Like most amphibious beings who take an interest in cannabis accoutrements, Pepe is innocent enough, hanging out with his roommates and being an all around chill dude. Who could ever mistake Pepe for being something malicious? And how in the world could he ever be associated with (and co-opted by) the rising Alt-Right movement? Pepe’s unfortunate journey from kid-friendly, zen bro to sinister symbol of hatred and domestic terrorism—jointly Google “Pepe the Frog” and “9/11” if you dare—is the basis for Arthur […]...
- 9/8/2020
- by Erik Luers
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Art is a funny thing. When an artist creates a piece, it often means something to them. That meaning may be deep and personal, it may reflect their own culture, values, ideas, and beliefs. Sometimes, though, it's just something they thought was a neat way of capturing a moment or a thought, a humorous way of communicating the mundane. I have the feeling that when Matt Furie created the indie comic Boys' Club back in 2005, he was aiming more toward the latter. A slacker comic aimed at amusing other slackers, he had no way of realizing that his work would come to mean so much in the culture war that was to come. The problem with art from the side of the creator is...
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- 9/7/2020
- Screen Anarchy
As the world seems like it is aflame with a pandemic, divisive rhetoric from an oppressive administration and the unjust killing of Black lives at the hands of police officers, hope seems dim. However, there are voices and role models in the world that are fighting for change and on the frontlines fighting against 45, his henchmen and ardent supporters. Enter Stacey Abrams who is essentially the star of the Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortés documentary All In: The Fight For Democracy, which debuts in theaters on September 9 and then on September 18 on Amazon Prime Video — just four days before National Voter Registration Day.
The docu comes as the 2020 presidential is just around the corner and puts a glaring spotlight on the wildly overlooked issue of voter suppression in the country. Through personal experiences, activism and historical All In rips the band-aid off of a problem that has corrupted our democracy...
The docu comes as the 2020 presidential is just around the corner and puts a glaring spotlight on the wildly overlooked issue of voter suppression in the country. Through personal experiences, activism and historical All In rips the band-aid off of a problem that has corrupted our democracy...
- 9/4/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
When you think about Pepe the Frog, what comes to mind? In all likelihood, it’s either something tied to an internet meme, or more recently, the alt-right political movement. For many, that’s the only thing that they’ve been exposed to, in regards to the cartoon frog. However, the drawing began far more harmlessly, which is detailed in the new documentary Feels Good Man. A look not just at how Pepe was co-opted, but how his creator is fighting to reclaim his creation and give it back a purer identity, this is really interesting stuff. An unusual topic for a doc, it winds up being a reasonably thorough dive into both the danger and power of internet culture. The documentary follows underground cartoonist Matt Furie, who created Pepe the Frog, both as we learn about how the cartoon character came to be, as well as how he became an internet meme.
- 9/2/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
A small, harmless frog peacefully existing by the water is the first image presented in Feels Good Man. What follows from that serene moment––a nod to the source of innocent inspiration for Pepe the Frog––is a clear-eyed, disturbing look at how the playful creation was perverted and carried through a malevolent maelstrom of digital discourse in the darkest corners of the internet. Arthur Jones’ documentary stays sharply focused on the specific path in which Pepe the Frog eventually became classified as a hate symbol by the Anti-Defamation League, but he also paints a larger, more terrifying picture of how an anonymous population wields the power to shift political change from their keyboards and the juvenile motivation in which their flimsy ideology is founded upon.
Pepe the Frog, created in 2005 by Matt Furie, began as a “little brother” side character in Boy’s Club, a cult comic hit that reveled in silly,...
Pepe the Frog, created in 2005 by Matt Furie, began as a “little brother” side character in Boy’s Club, a cult comic hit that reveled in silly,...
- 9/2/2020
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
In hindsight, it seems appropriate that Matt Furie's creation Pepe - just one, it must be noted, of many characters the cartoonist has drawn down the years - would be a frog, because his metamorphosis has been nothing short of astounding. They say a story can grow legs and, here, it does that and then hops off in surprising directions - taking us on a journey not just into the world of memes and their manipulation but also into considerations of 'ownership' and misappropriation.
Even if you're not a big user of social media, there's a good chance you've come across Pepe in one form or another - and you can see how he looked in the first instance at the top of this review. As Furie puts it, he was "a happy little frog". That was back when he was part of a cast of characters in Furie's comic book.
Even if you're not a big user of social media, there's a good chance you've come across Pepe in one form or another - and you can see how he looked in the first instance at the top of this review. As Furie puts it, he was "a happy little frog". That was back when he was part of a cast of characters in Furie's comic book.
- 8/31/2020
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
A new documentary traces the hand-drawn figure from its pacifist creator to the insidious white supremacists who used him as a mascot
He’s green. He’s cute. He feels good, man. And he’s an internationally recognized icon of hatred and bigotry.
He’s Pepe the Frog, and he’s the subject of a new documentary tracking his unlikely journey from humble comic-book beginnings to a controversy involving death threats, lawsuits and scores upon scores of online neo-Nazis. Arthur Jones’s debut feature Feels Good Man – so titled for an oft-reposted image in which Pepe uses the phrase to explain why he urinates with his shorts around his ankles – examines how this strange bit of pop-culture ephemera took on a life of its own, far beyond what its creator had ever envisioned for it. The film also peers into the life of the artist Matt Furie, a mild-mannered slacker...
He’s green. He’s cute. He feels good, man. And he’s an internationally recognized icon of hatred and bigotry.
He’s Pepe the Frog, and he’s the subject of a new documentary tracking his unlikely journey from humble comic-book beginnings to a controversy involving death threats, lawsuits and scores upon scores of online neo-Nazis. Arthur Jones’s debut feature Feels Good Man – so titled for an oft-reposted image in which Pepe uses the phrase to explain why he urinates with his shorts around his ankles – examines how this strange bit of pop-culture ephemera took on a life of its own, far beyond what its creator had ever envisioned for it. The film also peers into the life of the artist Matt Furie, a mild-mannered slacker...
- 8/31/2020
- by Charles Bramesco
- The Guardian - Film News
Features: Matt Furie | Written by Giorgio Angelini, Arthur Jones, Aaron Wickenden | Directed by Arthur Jones
Pepe the Frog… a cartoon frog. He’s just a frog. Nothing more, right? Just a simplistic, somewhat ugly cartoon creation in the guise of a frog. A meme, a silly meme, that’s all he was. Well… he’s much more than that now. This documentary film looks into the creation of Pepe by cartoonist Matt Furie. Pepe was created in the early ’00s as a character that depicted life after college as a laid back fella. That was it. It wasn’t a big deal. Then, in the most surprising and destructive of ways, the alt right and white nationalist movement took Pepe and made him into a symbol of hatred for their own racist, prejudice and mind-bogglingly ignorant ideals.
Feels Good Man takes that frog and looks at how this all happened,...
Pepe the Frog… a cartoon frog. He’s just a frog. Nothing more, right? Just a simplistic, somewhat ugly cartoon creation in the guise of a frog. A meme, a silly meme, that’s all he was. Well… he’s much more than that now. This documentary film looks into the creation of Pepe by cartoonist Matt Furie. Pepe was created in the early ’00s as a character that depicted life after college as a laid back fella. That was it. It wasn’t a big deal. Then, in the most surprising and destructive of ways, the alt right and white nationalist movement took Pepe and made him into a symbol of hatred for their own racist, prejudice and mind-bogglingly ignorant ideals.
Feels Good Man takes that frog and looks at how this all happened,...
- 8/18/2020
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
Itvs, the non-profit organization responsible for funding documentary filmmakers, announced on Thursday the fall lineup for Independent Lens, a documentary anthology series airing Monday nights on PBS.
Starting Oct. 19 with Arthur Jones’ Sundance hit “Feels Good Man,” the slate includes diverse storytelling from award-winning directors and a directorial debut from HGTV’s “Property Brothers” co-host Jonathan Scott, who delivers “Jonathan Scott’s Power Trip” on Nov. 16. Itvs has presented Independent Lens and co-produced documentaries for the series for nearly two decades.
“Feels Good Man” tells the story of artist and cartoonist Matt Furie’s comic character Pepe the Frog. The documentary will delve into the controversy surrounding the character, which was turned into a symbol of hate online. The film won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Emerging Filmmaker at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
Hillary Bachelder’s “Represent” is up next on Oct. 26. The filmmaker focuses on three...
Starting Oct. 19 with Arthur Jones’ Sundance hit “Feels Good Man,” the slate includes diverse storytelling from award-winning directors and a directorial debut from HGTV’s “Property Brothers” co-host Jonathan Scott, who delivers “Jonathan Scott’s Power Trip” on Nov. 16. Itvs has presented Independent Lens and co-produced documentaries for the series for nearly two decades.
“Feels Good Man” tells the story of artist and cartoonist Matt Furie’s comic character Pepe the Frog. The documentary will delve into the controversy surrounding the character, which was turned into a symbol of hate online. The film won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Emerging Filmmaker at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
Hillary Bachelder’s “Represent” is up next on Oct. 26. The filmmaker focuses on three...
- 7/30/2020
- by Mackenzie Nichols
- Variety Film + TV
Fear City: New York vs The Mafia
A new Netflix documentary series revisits New York City in the 1970s – an era where the city’s promise of fun was replaced with great fear instilled by the mob, until the FBI decided to go after all five families. “The boss asked me to come into his office,” remembers a man who worked closely on the case. “Said, we want to indite all five families at the same time. I said, what, are you shitting me?” The series details how the FBI...
A new Netflix documentary series revisits New York City in the 1970s – an era where the city’s promise of fun was replaced with great fear instilled by the mob, until the FBI decided to go after all five families. “The boss asked me to come into his office,” remembers a man who worked closely on the case. “Said, we want to indite all five families at the same time. I said, what, are you shitting me?” The series details how the FBI...
- 7/18/2020
- by Natalli Amato
- Rollingstone.com
Pepe the Frog wasn’t always a symbol of white supremacy. It started out as an innocent cartoon character created by artist Matt Furie for an underground comic called Boy’s Club, but he improbably became a meme and was eventually co-opted by the alt-right into a symbol of hatred that was wielded like a weapon in various […]
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- 7/17/2020
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
"It got so big that you couldn't reverse it." Ready Fictions has debuted an official trailer for award-winning documentary Feels Good Man, from filmmaker / animator Arthur Jones. This originally premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, where it won a Special Jury Prize for an Emerging Filmmaker. The film profiles artist Matt Furie, who created the comic and the character known as Pepe the Frog. After being discovered by some random person on the web, Pepe has become one of the most iconic and infamous images as a meme connected with the alt-right and modern day fascists. The film features some incredible animated sequences to help tell the remarkable, jaw-dropping true story of Pepe and how Furie is fighting to get his rights back. I saw this at Sundance and it was one of my favorite films of the festival! I wrote in my review that it's "intriguing and frightening,...
- 7/15/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The darkest corner of humanity have found a new platform to express their views in recent years, not only with social media channels failing to block hate speech, but with a President who actively encourages such discussion. Sometimes, a fairly innocent image or idea can be twisted to represent something sinister as a new documentary explores.
Arthur Jones’s Feels Good Man, which won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Emerging Filmmaker at Sundance earlier this year, explores how Matt Furie’s 2005 comic Pepe the Frog became a symbol of white supremacy for the alt-right movement. Now set for a release this September, the first trailer has landed, which shows how the creator is attempting to change the appalling legacy of his creation.
See the trailer below.
In November 2016, a nasty election cycle had exposed a seismic cultural rift, and the country suddenly felt like a much different place.
Arthur Jones’s Feels Good Man, which won the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Emerging Filmmaker at Sundance earlier this year, explores how Matt Furie’s 2005 comic Pepe the Frog became a symbol of white supremacy for the alt-right movement. Now set for a release this September, the first trailer has landed, which shows how the creator is attempting to change the appalling legacy of his creation.
See the trailer below.
In November 2016, a nasty election cycle had exposed a seismic cultural rift, and the country suddenly felt like a much different place.
- 7/15/2020
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
The creator of Pepe the Frog — the comic character that became an alt-right-troll meme — attempts to reclaim his creation in the new trailer for Feels Good Man, a documentary about cartoonist Matt Furie and the unintentional evolution of his anthropomorphized amphibian.
In the trailer for the Sundance award-winning film, Furie’s beloved “happy little frog” is co-opted by white-supremacy groups, which the cartoonist helplessly witnesses. “I’m just a spectator to how things evolved on the internet,” Furie says in the preview.
“In November 2016, a nasty election cycle had exposed a seismic cultural rift,...
In the trailer for the Sundance award-winning film, Furie’s beloved “happy little frog” is co-opted by white-supremacy groups, which the cartoonist helplessly witnesses. “I’m just a spectator to how things evolved on the internet,” Furie says in the preview.
“In November 2016, a nasty election cycle had exposed a seismic cultural rift,...
- 7/15/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Unfortunately for Matt Furie, his prized creation, Pepe the Frog, no longer stands for the silly, hopeful meaning he intended. Back in 2016, during the ridiculous US Presidential Election, the image of Pepe the Frog was turned into a symbol of hate. And now, the underground artist aims to take his creation back from the bigots and use it for love, as seen in “Feels Good Man.”
In the trailer for the upcoming documentary, “Feels Good Man,” we are introduced to Matt Furie, an underground cartoonist that just wanted to spread positivity using his beloved character Pepe the Frog.
Continue reading ‘Feels Good Man’ Trailer: New Doc Shows How One Man’s Art Can Be Co-Opted By A Hate Group at The Playlist.
In the trailer for the upcoming documentary, “Feels Good Man,” we are introduced to Matt Furie, an underground cartoonist that just wanted to spread positivity using his beloved character Pepe the Frog.
Continue reading ‘Feels Good Man’ Trailer: New Doc Shows How One Man’s Art Can Be Co-Opted By A Hate Group at The Playlist.
- 7/15/2020
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
Several Sundance titles included in acquisitions haul.
Scandinavian distributor NonStop Entertainment has acquired 10 new documentaries for digital and theatrical release.
Given the ongoing situation with closed cinemas due to the coronavirus outbreak, NonStop will evaluate release plans for each film in Scandinavia and the Baltics at a later date. The company’s documentary acquisitions include six films that played at Sundance.
They are:
Welcome to Chechnya, David France’s look at Lgbt refugees from the Russian republic, acquired from Submarine;
Assassins, Ryan White’s story of how two women were duped into killing Kim Jong-nam, cquired from Magnolia Pictures International...
Scandinavian distributor NonStop Entertainment has acquired 10 new documentaries for digital and theatrical release.
Given the ongoing situation with closed cinemas due to the coronavirus outbreak, NonStop will evaluate release plans for each film in Scandinavia and the Baltics at a later date. The company’s documentary acquisitions include six films that played at Sundance.
They are:
Welcome to Chechnya, David France’s look at Lgbt refugees from the Russian republic, acquired from Submarine;
Assassins, Ryan White’s story of how two women were duped into killing Kim Jong-nam, cquired from Magnolia Pictures International...
- 4/1/2020
- by 1100142¦Wendy Mitchell¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
by Stephen Tronicek
As the sun rose over Columbia, Missouri, I found myself refreshed and ready to go. I’d slept on a couch for free (a quite comfy couch) and gained some of my energy back after the night before. I can say with some certainty that this energy has disappeared now that it is, yet again, midnight and I’ve just gotten home. There’s no need for pity though. The selection of films today was brilliant, broad, flawed but nevertheless exciting, something that True/False is certain to provide.
The day started out with Kirsten Johnson’s Dick Johnson is Dead, a documentary about grief for a person who has never died. Johnson has become a master of the meta-documentary, with her film Cameraperson capturing an emotional portrait of being a cinematographer for documentaries. Now, she’s returned to kill her dying father Dick, over and over and over again.
As the sun rose over Columbia, Missouri, I found myself refreshed and ready to go. I’d slept on a couch for free (a quite comfy couch) and gained some of my energy back after the night before. I can say with some certainty that this energy has disappeared now that it is, yet again, midnight and I’ve just gotten home. There’s no need for pity though. The selection of films today was brilliant, broad, flawed but nevertheless exciting, something that True/False is certain to provide.
The day started out with Kirsten Johnson’s Dick Johnson is Dead, a documentary about grief for a person who has never died. Johnson has become a master of the meta-documentary, with her film Cameraperson capturing an emotional portrait of being a cinematographer for documentaries. Now, she’s returned to kill her dying father Dick, over and over and over again.
- 3/7/2020
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Ryan Kampe screening all three in the market.
Visit Films heads to the Efm in Berlin this week with a slate bolstered by Sundance acquisitions The Last Shift and Feels Good Man, and Berlin Panorama selection Minyan.
Ryan Kampe and his team will screen all three in Berlin, alongside previously announced punk rock documentary and Generations selection White Riot, Park City premieres Summer White and Dinner In America, and Toronto title Hearts And Bones starring Hugo Weaving.
The Last Shift stars Richard Jenkins and Shane Paul McGhie and screened in the Premieres section. Jenkins plays a fast food worker about...
Visit Films heads to the Efm in Berlin this week with a slate bolstered by Sundance acquisitions The Last Shift and Feels Good Man, and Berlin Panorama selection Minyan.
Ryan Kampe and his team will screen all three in Berlin, alongside previously announced punk rock documentary and Generations selection White Riot, Park City premieres Summer White and Dinner In America, and Toronto title Hearts And Bones starring Hugo Weaving.
The Last Shift stars Richard Jenkins and Shane Paul McGhie and screened in the Premieres section. Jenkins plays a fast food worker about...
- 2/17/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
It took thousands of years for people to pervert the ancient Eurasian figure of the swastika (often used to symbolize good luck) into the world’s most notorious illustration of hate, and even the German nationalists who first co-opted it as an expression of Aryan power had to wait several decades before it was formally adopted by the Nazi Party. But it only took about 10 years for a harmless frog named Pepe to be radicalized into the internet’s default expression of nihilistic evil, and his actual transition from benign meme to alt-right icon happened much faster than that. And the sweet-natured San Francisco cartoonist who conceived Pepe had to sit there and watch it happen.
On its surface, Arthur Jones’ “Feels Good Man” is the sympathetic portrait of a man who created a monster, and then (eventually) took it upon himself to reclaim Pepe the Frog as an emblem...
On its surface, Arthur Jones’ “Feels Good Man” is the sympathetic portrait of a man who created a monster, and then (eventually) took it upon himself to reclaim Pepe the Frog as an emblem...
- 1/28/2020
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
A fascinating exploration of not just a cartoon character, but the nature of 21st century sociopolitical discourse, “Feels Good Man” is concerned with the ways art can outgrow its own artist. A somewhat linear exploration of cartoonist Matt Furie’s “Pepe the Frog” character, the documentary by rookie filmmaker Arthur Jones takes several interesting turns and sheds some light on a fictional character and an associated movement that arguably influenced the course of history.
Continue reading ‘Feels Good Man’: A Fascinating Exploration Of How Art Gets Away From The Artist [Sundance Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Feels Good Man’: A Fascinating Exploration Of How Art Gets Away From The Artist [Sundance Review] at The Playlist.
- 1/27/2020
- by Warren Cantrell
- The Playlist
When is a cartoon frog not just a cartoon frog? When he’s Pepe, the brainchild of artist Matt Furie, who in 2005 created the laid-back anthropomorphic amphibian for a comic about post-collegiate slacker life, only to subsequently watch as the character was adopted as a symbol of white nationalist hate by the alt-right and Donald Trump. Named after its subject’s catchphrase, “Feels Good Man” is director Arthur Jones’ nonfiction portrait of Pepe’s ignominious transformation, a strange and terrifying odyssey that says much about intellectual property, fringe groups and the power of online imagery — and culture — to alter the national landscape. Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival,
Pepe’s origin story begins in Furie’s comic series “Boy’s Club” and, in particular, an uploaded strip in which the big-eyed, plump-lipped frog pees with his pants pulled down, then confesses to his friend that he does so because it “feels good man.
Pepe’s origin story begins in Furie’s comic series “Boy’s Club” and, in particular, an uploaded strip in which the big-eyed, plump-lipped frog pees with his pants pulled down, then confesses to his friend that he does so because it “feels good man.
- 1/27/2020
- by Nick Schager
- Variety Film + TV
Spencer Mullen Jun 11, 2019
The Spanish Princess, The Rise of Skywalker, Infowars, and more in today's daily Link Tank!
A new Star Wars: Episode IX theory explains the Rey-Palpatine connection.
"Ok, but seriously, who are Rey’s parents? One new Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker theory could explain Rey’s complex identity and how she relates to the Skywalkers while also maintaining the reveal from The Last Jedi that her parents were “nobody.” The theory also delves into how Palpatine plays such a vital role in the story."
Read more at Inverse.
Here's how Starz's The Spanish Princess takes on the patriarchy.
When the trailer for episode six of The Spanish Princess came out, I was excited because it was about to tackle one of Spain’s most infamous female monarchs, Joanna of Castile, who became known to history as “Joanna the Mad.”
Read more at The Mary Sue.
The Spanish Princess, The Rise of Skywalker, Infowars, and more in today's daily Link Tank!
A new Star Wars: Episode IX theory explains the Rey-Palpatine connection.
"Ok, but seriously, who are Rey’s parents? One new Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker theory could explain Rey’s complex identity and how she relates to the Skywalkers while also maintaining the reveal from The Last Jedi that her parents were “nobody.” The theory also delves into how Palpatine plays such a vital role in the story."
Read more at Inverse.
Here's how Starz's The Spanish Princess takes on the patriarchy.
When the trailer for episode six of The Spanish Princess came out, I was excited because it was about to tackle one of Spain’s most infamous female monarchs, Joanna of Castile, who became known to history as “Joanna the Mad.”
Read more at The Mary Sue.
- 6/11/2019
- Den of Geek
No fake news here — Alex Jones’ InfoWars is being sued by the creator of inadvertent alt-right mascot, Pepe the Frog. Cartoonist Matt Furie filed suit against conspiracy theorist Jones’ InfoWars on Monday, alleging that his amphibian creation was used without his authorization. “Artist Matt Furie created the Pepe the Frog character in the early 2000s. Pepe is an anthropomorphic frog often depicted with large, rounded, red/brown lips, bulging eyes (often with multiple white stars in the pupil), puffy eyelids, and a human-shaped body,” the suit, filed in federal court in California, reads. “At his creation, Pepe was a ‘peaceful frog-dude’...
- 3/6/2018
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
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