Stupidity (2004)

Directed by

Albert Nerenberg

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 01m

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at how willful ignorance can be a tool for success in politics and entertainment. It asks why stupidity is hard to define and why people avoid talking about it.

satiricalthought-provokingplayfulcynicalfast-pacedquestioningironiccriticalengaging

What happens

Stupidity is a 2003 Canadian satirical documentary film directed by Albert Nerenberg and produced by Shannon Brown, as the first film commissioned by the Documentary Channel. Nerenberg was also the film's executive producer. The film proposes that willful ignorance (as opposed to what is commonly meant by stupidity, low mental capacity) has increasingly become a strategy for success in the realms of politics and entertainment, that is, the "stupid" things that seemingly smart people do every day. The film questions "why stupidity is such a slippery concept to grasp and why so few people are talking about it." The film features songs by The Arrogant Worms and original music by The Morons. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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