I was wondering what writers think about the lonelygirl15 saga. Have you seen it? Did it interest you? Did you keep watching? What do you think about the whole method of storytelling?
Yes. I guess it garnered some attention . . . but still, for me it would be a turn-off. Kind of like J.T. Leroy. Just a little too clever.Celia Cyanide said:You mean the way they put it on youtube, as if it were a real video blog?
engmajor2005 said:And as to the epiphany that it was all an act...I call that The Blair Witch Project's influence on modern media still alive and kicking.
I never saw one of the blogs until after I heard about it being made-up. I can understand people being unhappy about it though. Most people don't like being tricked. It's a little like a practical joke--if you in on the joke it's funny, if you the victim, it ain't so funny.Celia Cyanide said:I couldn't understand why people were so upset about it. The venom from Youtubers was unbelievable. I don't understand why you could be upset or offended because you thought this was a real teenager posting video blogs about inane crap, and then you found out it was a team of writers who were trying to tell a story and entertain you, those bastards!
Celia Cyanide said:I couldn't understand why people were so upset about it. The venom from Youtubers was unbelievable. I don't understand why you could be upset or offended because you thought this was a real teenager posting video blogs about inane crap, and then you found out it was a team of writers who were trying to tell a story and entertain you, those bastards!
ATP said:Have you read the Wired.com article via the link posted above?
LloydBrown said:A while ago, I got very upset over the 911 dispatcher who made fun of the caller while a family member died, thinking the call was a hoax. That's a reason for outrage.
Some random girl on the Internet being an actor isn't a reason to get angry. If I had been watching events unfold (I had randomly seen one video on the YouTube top 100 list, or something), I'd have thought something like "Hey, good one. You got me."
alleycat said:I can't believe people were fooled very long.
PeeDee said:Generally, I don't watch idiot kids doing their newfangled "vlogging." I use YouTube for strange and interesting clips, and get on with it.
Celia Cyanide said:Nor do I, and that's what has made this so fascinating to me. I would never watch something like that if it were real. But when you see the video, and you're watching Bree babble on about her stuffed animals, you think it's nothing important. Until you see the guy in the background Bree doesn't notice is there.
JeanneTGC said:I wonder if these folks will also be shocked to discover that professional wrestling is choreographed and scripted, and that most "amatuer" porn videos are anything but.