Devin on Mythryl: “People have some platonic ideal of what a documentary is supposed to…”

@devincf.bsky.social

People have some platonic ideal of what a documentary is supposed to be, one that cannot exist because the introduction of a camera inherently changes the reality of the situation. Most of these people do not watch documentaries btw

Alissa Wilkinson@alissawilkinson.bsky.social

It seems likely I will be forced into trying to write this for the umptymillionth time before the end of this awards cycle but here is my basic rubric: if you have a medium-level expectation that the people/things you see on screen happened in your space-time continuum, that is a documentary.

20/10/26, 5:54 pm1 repost18 likes

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