When was the last time you had a truly cathartic film experience? Many people would respond, "When I saw Dear Zachary," Kurt Kuenne's 2008 documentary about the murder of his friend Andrew Bagby. Dan and Mike talk about why--besides its subject--the film affects viewers so viscerally and profoundly. How does "the buffer of fiction" shield us as we watch dramatizations, rather than documentaries? Give it a listen and see if you agree with the single-sentence text Dan sent Mike after he saw this for the first time.
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