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Luke Doucet's avatar

As someone who’s gone down the rabbit hole fairly deeply, the second film is more nuanced and detailed, so more satisfying to me. To MamaHen’s point: the first film is more bullet points and can sound propagandistic to the ideologically motivated, and therefore easier to dismiss. The evidence and accompanying references in film 2 make for a more nuanced experience. I’m thinking of the people I’d want to send them to and trying to predict what kind of reactions they will elicit. I expect I may have to say “yeah but watch the second film, it explains all that!”

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MamaHen's avatar

These are both brilliant! I think video #2 (The Evidence) might be better as an intro. Video #1 (What's Going On?) is excellent but may be too big a red pill for your average normie to swallow.

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mikeb's avatar

yes, good, and.... a bit like the first video: maybe a little fast paced (go america!) as supercomplex issues are super summarized. and some clips/inserts might only illuminate the point if you already understand the issues. eg the clips from levine, angle, barnes, cole, the guy claiming '[GAC]... saves lives'. yes - i get the point but the lack of context and no introduction of the speakers could just be confusing. these clips highlight the strongly different claims, but to the lay observer - who are these people? why did they say that? what's the point?

thanks for your work and looking forward to the next film...

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Tim Gregory's avatar

First hands down. covers more territory and emphasizes the cultural underpinnings.

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