i think this doc is definitely more for people who are at least somewhat familiar with the history of the satanic panic beforehand, as it’s much more focused on the specific context of the “michelle remembers” book than a comprehensive overview of the era in general, though it does at least give the broad strokes and definitely gives the viewer jumping off points to pursue further information and research.
things that could have been elaborated on in my opinion (although i assume budget was an issue so i’m not super critical that they didn’t) are the whole nigeria thing (the racism and xenophobia going on there was wild), the depth of involvement of the catholic church in creating the book and subsequent panic (definitely moved past the meeting THE POPE part way too fast), and also what happened to my man doug???
i think this doc is definitely more for people who are at least somewhat familiar with the history of the satanic panic beforehand, as it’s much more focused on the specific context of the “michelle remembers” book than a comprehensive overview of the era in general, though it does at least give the broad strokes and definitely gives the viewer jumping off points to pursue further information and research.
things that could have been elaborated on in my opinion (although i assume budget was an issue so i’m not super critical that they didn’t) are the whole nigeria thing (the racism and xenophobia going on there was wild), the depth of involvement of the catholic church in creating the book and subsequent panic (definitely moved past the meeting THE POPE part way too fast), and also what happened to my man doug???
