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Post #497831

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Darth Id
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"The People Vs. George Lucas" documentary...
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Date created
10-May-2011, 10:58 AM

Saw this yesterday in NYC, and on balance thought it was very good.

Incidentally, I think now I'm somewhat less perplexed at the box set's inclusion of otherwise baffling full-length "culture documentaries" on fan films and cosplay.  I figure that these are intended as the anti-PvGL, in that they present a white-washed, one-sided, officially permissible look at the fervor and devotion that PvGL fleshes out in a more balanced way.  Considering how long this doc has been featured on the festival circuit, I figure Lucasfilm wanted to address the same profound principle of SW's "participatory" appeal, without airing the legitimate grievances regarding the SE revisionism and PT brand-raep.

Oh, and I love that they included Wesley Willis doing "Jar Jar Binks."  The song's best couplet: "You are a stupid bastard.  You are an evil bastard."