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Most of the doc is featured around Elliot Rodger and [[Alek Minassian]], betraying incels who were assured there would be a balanced view of incels. Only 4-5 minutes of the doc were sympathetic to incels, when Matt gave his take. [[Catfishman]] doesnt count as hes not even in any incel forums and [[Just James]] portrayed himself as an ex-incel.. | Most of the doc is featured around Elliot Rodger and [[Alek Minassian]], betraying incels who were assured there would be a balanced view of incels. Only 4-5 minutes of the doc were sympathetic to incels, when Matt gave his take. [[Catfishman]] doesnt count as hes not even in any incel forums and [[Just James]] portrayed himself as an ex-incel.. | ||
The doc plays clips of news comparing incels to ISIS in the intro, and plays scare music throughout most of the doc. Most of the humor of incel forums was lost, which is consistent with how they approached the doc. | |||
==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
In October 2018, it was announced that the project had been commissioned (i.e. its budget had been approved) and that production could therefore begin. The documentary was released 10 months later, on July 14th 2019. Many people in general have expressed skepticism and suspicion about the motives and intentions of the documentarians. However, there was mild excitement for the project because the BBC actually has a research department and all other previous news pieces had been very shallow. Some incel forum users also regarded the BBC as less [[SJW]] than other outlets, and so they were more willing to interact with the BBC than say [[Vice]]. | In October 2018, it was announced that the project had been commissioned (i.e. its budget had been approved) and that production could therefore begin. The documentary was released 10 months later, on July 14th 2019. Many people in general have expressed skepticism and suspicion about the motives and intentions of the documentarians. However, there was mild excitement for the project because the BBC actually has a research department and all other previous news pieces had been very shallow. Some incel forum users also regarded the BBC as less [[SJW]] than other outlets, and so they were more willing to interact with the BBC than say [[Vice]]. | ||
Two BBC-associated teams or contractors had attempted to do preproduction for an incel doc, but none got even to the greenlit stage. | Two BBC-associated teams or contractors had attempted to do preproduction for an incel doc, but none got even to the greenlit stage. | ||