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Dumb: The Story of Big Brother Magazine

2017 · 79 min

A raucous, foul-mouthed nostalgia trip through crude pranks and skate culture, funny and chaotic but rarely deep.

Tagline
from idiots to icons
Overview
A look at the rise and fall of the subversive skateboarding magazine Big Brother, which rose to prominence in the mid-1990s and had a profound effect on the skating subculture with its unfiltered approach.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • media
  • rebellion
  • celebrity
  • art
  • friendship
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour7
Realism9
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
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Starring
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Music
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Runtime
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Country
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Languages
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