# Documentaries and Related Information... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 12, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documentaries-and-related-information/724902 "2015-07-12T00:07:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_6de399d1a341c23c3c84f98e7f743e0e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@Anonymous\_6de399d1a341c23c3c84f98e7f743e0e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_6de399d1a341c23c3c84f98e7f743e0e)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documentaries-and-related-information/724902/101 "2015-08-01T18:05:54Z")
Can’t Stop Eating - This is another one that approaches a serious topic and sorta has fun with it. Lots of laughs, and while seemingly at the expense of the victims, it is very well done and you will cheer for them all the way. It focuses on individuals with Prader-Willi, and the doings in their group-home environment. They must live in such an environment for their own good, because when left to themselves they will spend all their time in courts and jails, etc., mostly due to theft (of food, of course). The main gent - Joe Blackburn - is great, and by the end of the flick he is on his way to managing himself quite well. So you’ll have a “happily-ever-after” to look forward to, too. A good watch. More info on this gut-buster: [http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/cant-stop-eating/](http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/cant-stop-eating/) ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_6de399d1a341c23c3c84f98e7f743e0e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@Anonymous\_6de399d1a341c23c3c84f98e7f743e0e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_6de399d1a341c23c3c84f98e7f743e0e)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documentaries-and-related-information/724902/102 "2015-08-01T18:49:48Z")
[quote=“Anonymous\_6de399d1a341c23c3c84f98e7f743e0e, post:43, topic:724902”] Grey Gardens - Kind of sad, kind of funny, definitely crazy. Relatives of Jackie O., a mom and daughter live out their days in a broken-down mansion. Like American Nomads (couple up), this one’s a drifter that may require a certain frame of mind. The ladies are in their own strange world, so no logical paths for you to follow at any given time. When you watch Grey Gardens, you experience their strange world with them. That’s what this one’s all about, and it does its thing well. [/QUOTE] This piece hits home in its own special way. A super-funny read, with (I suppose) a feminist bent. Among other aims, it questions whether Grey Gardens was “exploitative”: > [@](#): > > Ever aware of the costumes and performance of femininity, Little Edie especially seems at once inspired and constrained. Wrapping shirts until they become turbans, and lounging in bathing suits like they’re pajamas, she wants to change the very way female clothes function. “You can always use the skirt as a cape!” she explains about one of her get-ups. More: [http://www.damemagazine.com/2015/03/10/was-‘grey-gardens’-exploitative](http://www.damemagazine.com/2015/03/10/was-%E2%80%98grey-gardens%E2%80%99-exploitative) ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_6de399d1a341c23c3c84f98e7f743e0e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@Anonymous\_6de399d1a341c23c3c84f98e7f743e0e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_6de399d1a341c23c3c84f98e7f743e0e)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documentaries-and-related-information/724902/103 "2015-08-01T19:59:53Z")
> [@Anonymous\_6de399d1a341c23c3c84f98e7f743e0e](#): > > Can’t Stop Eating - This is another one that approaches a serious topic and sorta has fun with it. Lots of laughs, and while seemingly at the expense of the victims, it is very well done and you will cheer for them all the way. > > It focuses on individuals with Prader-Willi, and the doings in their group-home environment. They must live in such an environment for their own good, because when left to themselves they will spend all their time in courts and jails, etc., mostly due to theft (of food, of course). > > The main gent - Joe Blackburn - is great, and by the end of the flick he is on his way to managing himself quite well. So you’ll have a “happily-ever-after” to look forward to, too. A good watch. > > More info on this gut-buster: [http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/cant-stop-eating/](http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/cant-stop-eating/) Story of an American girl with the problem: > **[The condition that's left 14-year-old Hannah unable to stop eating](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2738508/A-padlocked-fridge-dog-food-hidden-The-heartbreaking-condition-s-left-14-year-old-Hannah-unable-stop-eating-desperate-lengths-mother-control-appetite.html)** > > Hannah Wilkinson is 14 years old and weighs 343 pounds - and she's starving. The Arizona girl suffers from a condition called Prader-Willi syndrome which means she never feels full. ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_6de399d1a341c23c3c84f98e7f743e0e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@Anonymous\_6de399d1a341c23c3c84f98e7f743e0e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_6de399d1a341c23c3c84f98e7f743e0e)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documentaries-and-related-information/724902/104 "2015-08-02T02:01:29Z")
Louis Theroux attends a school for wrestlers, and meets some pros and wannabe pros along the way. Been some years since I’ve seen this one, so won’t comment in detail much further (not a major wrestling fan as an adult, either, but…) Putting this up for one of the subjects in the vid, who came across as a good guy. He was very accommodating despite being rushed at the time **(R.I.P, Roddy Piper)**: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x13a1yIiay0) ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_6de399d1a341c23c3c84f98e7f743e0e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@Anonymous\_6de399d1a341c23c3c84f98e7f743e0e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_6de399d1a341c23c3c84f98e7f743e0e)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documentaries-and-related-information/724902/105 "2015-08-13T03:01:08Z")
Brother’s Keeper - Will watch this one at least once more before making any real comment. I’ll say, though, my first impression is that the brothers might’ve seemed to be playing it up a bit. The mystery semen was also very troubling, but not sure what it could show given the circumstances. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/documentaries-and-related-information/724902.md?page=5)