It's disappointing to see serious news organizations (NYT, WaPo) taking the bait and covering each individual episode, giving the project a certain gravitas that it doesn't appear to deserve.
That's especially true given the issues raised about the filmmakers' two previous documentaries, where some say they put advocacy over facts (example: "How The Hunting Ground Blurs the Truth" <https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/06/the-hunting-ground-a-closer-look-at-the-influential-documentary-reveals-the-filmmakers-put-advocacy-ahead-of-accuracy.html>; something like 19 Harvard Law professors had serious complaints about that doc). I have not seen any of them, nor do I intend to, based on what I've read. They have claimed, apparently with a straight face, that the public hasn't heard the Farrow side until now. As I observed earlier, they also told the Post critic that their film is not about Allen. Yes, they got Dylan to give an on-camera interview. That's something new, although that doesn't necessarily increase our factual knowledge. I believe that Dylan believes it happened. But that doesn't mean that it did happen. I think news organizations ought to at least wait to see all the episodes to cover them. Let's see what they include and also what they leave out that would contradict or muddy their narrative. But that ain't gonna happen these days. On Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 8:31:53 PM UTC-5 Dave Sikula wrote: > Well, they're not applying ethical journalism practices to the rest of it, > so why should this be an exception? > > I'd love to see Allen sue both Farrows for defamation and get them on the > stand under oath. It would never happen, because Allen doesn't want to go > there and the caterwaulers who hate him would go ballistic, but it'd be > nice to see a good lawyer shred them. > > --Dave Sikula > > On Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 12:49:46 PM PST, PGage <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > So, I was wondering about the use of Allen’s book (and voice) in the HBO > doc. Why would he give permission to them, but how could they use it > without permission? > > The LAT reported yesterday that Allen’s publisher (Skyhorse Publishing) is > considering a lawsuit for copyright infringement. The Filmmakers are > claiming it is Fair Use, which - Wow, does that seem like a stretch. Not > only are the excerpts several and extensive, but they are not presented as > quotations from his book (though there is on screen text attribution) but > as parallel to sound from interviews the makers did with other sources. In > other words, the excerpts are used not for educational purposes, not as a > prime for discussion, but to create the misleading impression that the > makers interviewed Allen and are providing his point of view as part of a > balanced presentation. > > I have embraced a liberal view of Fair Use over the years, but this seems > way, way over the line. > > > > https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-02-22/woody-allen-documentary-memoir-lawsuit-skyhorse > On Sun, 21 Feb 2021 at 7:56 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dave’s summary of the bias and distortion is accurate, though they > represent Woody with audio from his book, in his voice, which seems like > they would need his permission to do? > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tvornottv/4ZMX-YOnBtg/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKgGHF-4%2BF0wepGgcRRXcHVdYHF-xjhWZsNvQWS8-h_Dw%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKgGHF-4%2BF0wepGgcRRXcHVdYHF-xjhWZsNvQWS8-h_Dw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/09cbf70a-bde0-452e-9f56-1012e7c6023fn%40googlegroups.com.
