I accidentally watched Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock? and Boogie Man back to back the other day. I say accidentally because I hadn't planned to watch Boogie Man; it just showed up onFrontline while I was staring at the boob tube. Turns out these two flicks make a great package deal.
WtFIJP? is about a coarse talking trucker lady trying to get her thrift score find validated as an authentic Pollock. Boogie Man is about the legendary Republican campaign manager, Lee Atwater. Both are about spin; and after watching them both you'll have fun thinking about: who was spinning who? who got spun? who is spinning the viewer directly? who is spinning the viewer indirectly? who is just now realizing they were previously spun? who is spinning the film maker? what's the film maker's spin? How many spins can you catch? Who have I spun lately? Who spun me? Am I a good spinner? Or am I usually getting my spin spun back? Is it possible to spin back a spun spin?
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Happened to catch the Atwater thing as well. Fascinating, if not depressing as hell. In a number of ways.
Man, I need to catch both of those babies. Have I just done been spun?
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