it's sensasionalist at times and im my opinion, it doesn't treat things with the severity it should.
still, it is a very great documentary revealing the horrors of dan schneider and I'm glad it gave the victims a safe space to speak up about what they went through.

I wish they could have talked about other's involved in dan's little web of pedophilia as abusers, because the documentary barely touches the surface of the whole mess by talking mostly about dan and brian (and briefly, jason handy), which is like 3 out of the much more predators that were working on that channel and were given a safe space to exist by dan schneider.

I hope everything comes to light in due time.

it's sensasionalist at times and im my opinion, it doesn't treat things with the severity it should.
still, it is a very great documentary revealing the horrors of dan schneider and I'm glad it gave the victims a safe space to speak up about what they went through.

I wish they could have talked about other's involved in dan's little web of pedophilia as abusers, because the documentary barely touches the surface of the whole mess by talking mostly about dan and brian (and briefly, jason handy), which is like 3 out of the much more predators that were working on that channel and were given a safe space to exist by dan schneider.

I hope everything comes to light in due time.

ALEXA NIKOLAS HAS BEEN SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS !!
I’ve known the truth about this since a long time ago since I was a huge fan of Zoey 101 when I was a kid and I used to love the character of Nicole and I was always so weirded out by the fact that her character disappeared from the show very early on, And Alexa Nikolas the actress who played Nicole have been fighting and speaking out the truth from a very long time ago and I’m thrilled that they finally decided to make a documentary about this because this is very wrong. These were TV shows made by children for children and I used to watch these shows, I grew up with these shows, with these stories and it’s just so infuriating that these kids lost most of their childhoods in the most inhuman and fucked up ways, this is very wrong, and I’m so glad that they are finally making a documentary telling the truth about this shit cause Dan Schneider, and the rest of his crew ruin so many childhoods and lives that they just couldn’t get away with this and they are getting away with this by not being in jail but at least the truth it’s now out there.

And I'm never gonna be able to see those shows the way I once did, I remember most of them with so much love that to watch them now just feels wrong.

ALEXA NIKOLAS HAS BEEN SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS !!
I’ve known the truth about this since a long time ago since I was a huge fan of Zoey 101 when I was a kid and I used to love the character of Nicole and I was always so weirded out by the fact that her character disappeared from the show very early on, And Alexa Nikolas the actress who played Nicole have been fighting and speaking out the truth from a very long time ago and I’m thrilled that they finally decided to make a documentary about this because this is very wrong. These were TV shows made by children for children and I used to watch these shows, I grew up with these shows, with these stories and it’s just so infuriating that these kids lost most of their childhoods in the most inhuman and fucked up ways, this is very wrong, and I’m so glad that they are finally making a documentary telling the truth about this shit cause Dan Schneider, and the rest of his crew ruin so many childhoods and lives that they just couldn’t get away with this and they are getting away with this by not being in jail but at least the truth it’s now out there.

And I'm never gonna be able to see those shows the way I once did, I remember most of them with so much love that to watch them now just feels wrong.

Absolutely vile human beings

Absolutely vile human beings

Oh my gosh those poor kids who just had a dream of acting

Oh my gosh those poor kids who just had a dream of acting

I’ve finally gotten around to watching this and i have a few thoughts. It’s undeniably important that this documentary exists. The topic is necessary, long overdue, and deserves serious attention. That said, I found the execution deeply uncomfortable and at times very exploitative. The documentary repeatedly replays sexualized clips of these children, most notably Ariana Grande and Jamie Lynn Spears, when simply describing those moments would have conveyed the point without reproducing the harm. Even when shown “for context” letting this footage recirculate feels troubling, especially when it’s unclear whether consent was given for these clips to be reused by the people shown.

There’s an important distinction between former child actors telling their own stories and other people with no personal connection to them speaking about their experiences for them. A documentary that critiques exploitation should not replicate it in the process. These stories deserve to be told, just not through the same imagery that harmed the children in the first place.

I’ve finally gotten around to watching this and i have a few thoughts. It’s undeniably important that this documentary exists. The topic is necessary, long overdue, and deserves serious attention. That said, I found the execution deeply uncomfortable and at times very exploitative. The documentary repeatedly replays sexualized clips of these children, most notably Ariana Grande and Jamie Lynn Spears, when simply describing those moments would have conveyed the point without reproducing the harm. Even when shown “for context” letting this footage recirculate feels troubling, especially when it’s unclear whether consent was given for these clips to be reused by the people shown.

There’s an important distinction between former child actors telling their own stories and other people with no personal connection to them speaking about their experiences for them. A documentary that critiques exploitation should not replicate it in the process. These stories deserve to be told, just not through the same imagery that harmed the children in the first place.