Todays documentaries always seem to have this fancy presentation about them and frankly artificial feel.
They all require a film filter, heavy editing and overly dramatic music.
Although this one is well shot and looks great, I can't help but feel misled by the whole thing.
The story is presented like a movie with deliberate scenes that show each of the people as if it were some drama. And it begs the question, why wasn't this simply filmed as such?
I say this because it seems fake overall, as if the story doesn't have the weight it's presented throughout the three episodes.
It boards on being simply a reality tv show with a stronger budget.
I wish we saw more of the fair itself too! The inner workings, the shows, fellow actors and vendors.
Their thoughts on the whole matter and their jobs. But instead it was about management and their "king."
Personally I felt that would've been a better choice for a theme here.
The fair seems to be more of a background than anything else. For three hour long episodes, it felt like a bait and switch.
George is the center of all this and boy is he probably one of the worst bosses you could have. Abusive, narcissistic, sexist and most of all, deranged! The way he talks to people and then claim he's some martyr. He really is alone in all of this.
Clearly past his prime, he seeks out a successor in his three top employees. It turns into a wannabe Succession, minus the razor sharp dialogue and acting.
A few players enter the game, only one will win. You can probably guess who it will be with the first outing and again I wonder why this was three episodes instead of two. I think George just liked the power play and using others for his own amusement. Sad individual.
It certainly kept me intrigued and the pace was steady. Yet it felt extra all around, filler that could've been more concentrated.
Again, the moments of almost fourth wall breaking where we see a dream like scenario of some of these people imagining things or hearing voices. It should've been a film. Just take the story that happened and turn it into a movie. Clearly these takes were set up and the people in on it. It was hard to take seriously.
I really thought this was a mockumentary, because of how absurd things were getting by the end.
Things end with a whimper and you're not surprised at the outcome for any of these folks here.
The whole thing is a fluff piece and I felt that this was a waste of time. Documentaries used to have a more traditional way of being shown
More classy back in the day. Now it's made for the mainstream and spoon feeds you everything
I dare say this is a faux film about a true story. That's the best way I can describe it. Fascinating, yet frustrating.
You may like it more than I, but I don't recommend.
5 for the presentation and music. 2 for everything else.
