Description

On today's episode, Josh, Alien, and Josiah tackle Matt Johnson's 2013 black comedy, The Dirties. We discuss Matt Johnson's filmmaking career and his unique mockumentary style before exploring what this film has to say about the media environment surrounding school shootings.

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References

• The Dirties (2013, dir. Matt Johnson)
• "One-Man Band: A Conversation with Matt Johnson About The Dirties," Calum Marsh in Cinema Scope, https://cinema-scope.com/features/one-man-band-a-conversation-with-matt-johnson-about-the-dirties-by-calum-marsh/
• "Interview: MATTHEW JOHNSON Director of THE DIRTIES," Comics Grinder, https://comicsgrinder.com/2013/10/17/interview-matthew-johnson-director-of-the-dirties/
• "Interview: ‘The Dirties’ director Matt Johnson on bullying, tolerance, and working without a script," Brent Hankins in The Lamplight Review, https://lamplightreview.com/interview-the-dirties-director-matt-johnson-bullying-tolerance-working-script/
• "Interview with Matt Johnson (The Dirties, Operation Avalanche) #VIFF16," YMS on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4uO4YYhAPU

Audio credits

• Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA - Basshunter
• Yesterday - bloom.
• Audio from The Dirties
• Army - Ben Folds Five