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Pepe the Frog’s Disturbing Internet Journey Explored in ‘Feels Good Man’ Documentary Director Arthur Jones and producer Giorgio Angelini detail why Pepe the Frog's story is a cautionary tale ...
He originally created Pepe the Frog in 2005 and introduced the image to the internet on MySpace. The deadpan comic and the character were simple and relatable, and characterizations of Pepe as a ...
Jones started shooting his documentary early enough to catch Furie distancing himself from the Pepe explosion. Even after Pepe took root on 4chan, the cartoonist thought he had a hope of claiming ...
On its surface, Arthur Jones’ “Feels Good Man” is the sympathetic portrait of a man who created a monster, and then (eventually) took it upon himself to reclaim Pepe the Frog as an emblem of ...
Pepe the Frog Mutates from a Far Right Meme Into a Lovable, Far Gone Figure in ‘Feels Good Man’ Filmmaker Giorgio Angelini, who hails from Houston, and debut director Arthur Jones teamed up ...
Film Memes An Artist Tries to Save Pepe the Frog From Fascists The film Feels Good Man chronicles Matt Furie fighting his creation’s co-option by the far right. Dan Schindel September 9, 2020 ...
The new documentary Feels Good Man traces Pepe through all these transformations, and follows the frog’s creator, cartoonist Matt Furie, and his at-times futile attempts to try to control something ...
This documentary follows the tale of Pepe the Frog and the character-turned-meme’s journey to become a symbol of hate. But it is also a tale of depravity fueled by anonymity, of how social media is ...
Sharon Van Etten has released a new song, “Let Go,” which will be featured in the upcoming documentary, Feels Good Man, about the history behind the internet meme Pepe the Frog. As anyone who ...
Pepe the Frog is an Internet meme that looks exactly like what you would think - big eyes, green skin. A new documentary called "Feels Good Man" traces Pepe's symbolic path from lovable loser to ...