# American Doctor **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 15, 2026, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-doctor/1032354 "2026-08-15T17:19:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-doctor/1032354/1 "2026-08-15T17:19:49Z")
I thought about putting this in Great Debates or P&E but that seems doomed from the start. I think this documentary is also worth a thread of its own. I looked for other threads and decided that I think this warrents a thread of it’s own. I contemplated putting it in P&E, but that seemed doomed from the start, so if I can get the link pasted, it’s the trailer for a documentary about American doctors who have volunteered in the killing fields of Gaza. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Be7_u8jzHzU/maxresdefault.jpg "American Doctor | Official Trailer | In Select Theaters August 14") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be7_u8jzHzU) ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-doctor/1032354/2 "2026-08-15T17:29:47Z")
Ugh, god awful messy but I got it to work. I used to know how to do this, but I don’t retain tech stuff for long. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-doctor/1032354/5 "2026-08-15T17:34:00Z")
So, next time just copy the Youtube URL and paste it to its own line and you should get the proper link with the preview. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-doctor/1032354/6 "2026-08-15T17:36:07Z")
That out of the way, why is this in the Pit? Expecting it to get contentious? As pit OPs go this has nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-doctor/1032354/7 "2026-08-15T17:36:33Z")
Thank you. I’m not totally sure what I did wrong as I _thought_ I did it as you described … obviously not. 😳 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-doctor/1032354/8 "2026-08-15T17:39:53Z")
Youtube url should look like this without the quotes: “[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be7\_u8jzHzU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be7_u8jzHzU)” You had a Google Search result. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-doctor/1032354/9 "2026-08-15T18:32:46Z")
“American Doctor” Now I’ve got this _Guess Who_ earworm… ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-doctor/1032354/10 "2026-08-15T18:55:22Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > why is this in the Pit? Expecting it to get contentious? This > [@Sylvanz](#): > > a documentary about American doctors who have volunteered in the killing fields of Gaza. Sounds like it’s likely to become contentious. I’d suggest that if not the pit, Cafe Society would be a good place for a discussion of media. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-doctor/1032354/11 "2026-08-15T20:08:15Z")
It’s not often convenient to view videos when I’m on a computer or laptop: either I’m in public or a shared space or am only here for short snippets of time. In case anyone else prefers text, [the Wikipedia article has an overview with links to reviews of the film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Doctor) [one of those reviews, from rogerebert.com](https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/american-doctor-palestine-documentary-film-review-2026) ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-doctor/1032354/12 "2026-08-15T20:30:00Z")
I don’t need your war machines I don’t need your Gaza scenes ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-doctor/1032354/13 "2026-08-15T20:57:19Z")
Didn’t think of that mods can feel free to move it if I chose incorrectly. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-doctor/1032354/14 "2026-08-15T21:33:40Z")
Likewise > [@Jackmannii](#): > > “American Doctor” > > Now I’ve got this _Guess Who_ earworm… Likewise. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-doctor/1032354/15 "2026-08-16T01:30:36Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Now I’ve got this _Guess Who_ earworm… Well, they are on tour this summer. Tonight in Vegas, in fact. > **[The Guess Who - Tour — The Guess Who](https://www.theguesswho.com/tour)** ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-doctor/1032354/16 "2026-08-16T11:19:44Z")
I heard Lenny Kravitz, myself. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2026, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-doctor/1032354/17 "2026-08-16T20:48:07Z")
US cultural imperialism! US out of North America!