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by jefe_
2486 days ago
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Agree with the article's criticism of the heavy focus on Brittany Kaiser. It felt like the filmmakers were trying to put her into Snowden or Assange type circumstances, and then use those circumstances to manufacture credibility and heighten suspense. I have difficulty with the scene about a news article breaking that mentions her. Shes groaning about her career being over, but you can tell shes really excited to be in the spotlight. Assange comes off equally self-centered in the Poitras documentary, but in that case the magnitude of circumstances had already been established, along with his central role in those circumstances. The filmmakers behind 'Great Hack' never reached those levels of clarity regarding involvement, and as a result their decision to use Kaiser as primary subject felt misleading. |
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> It felt like the filmmakers were trying to put her into Snowden or Assange type circumstances
Given they clearly showed the quote by the data analyst that she was not a whistleblower and given they clearly showed her questionable morals, I disagree. She seems to me like the classic spoiled narcissist American woman, but then again Nix is also from an upper class family. She even admitted she was in it for the money, with a sob story about her family (as if that justifies it). No, this woman wasn't portrayed as a heroine. The documentary quite explicitly described her flawed character.
A realization I had is that Trump becoming president is just a 4-year thing. The UK leaving the EU is going to have a stronger effect on the long term.
I found it a good documentary which ultimately describes an example of where it went wrong (in many elections). It also clearly describes the long-term worries.