Julia Shane

Sooooo slow. It’s awful. A lot of useless, uninteresting information about his rise to fame. Very slow to get to the point.

Documentary is unorganized and all over the place. There is zero flow to this documentary. One minute you are hearing about Dylan and the abuse she endured at the hands of Woody. The next, you are hearing about Woody’s movies, many of which involve older men and teenaged girls in questionable romances. The next you are hearing about pornographic photos of Soon Yi. Then you are back to Dylan’s abuse. Next, Mia’s relationship with Woody. Then, back to Soon Yi. It is as though the documentary was put together in a stream of consciousness process rather than with a deliberate intention to story-telling. It is a disaster in flow and, consequently, unenjoyable to watch. As for the content... I believe Dylan. I dislike that she has a nearing book release - it offers an uncomfortable motive that casts doubt on the authenticity of her story. I believe her, but I believe her at 98% rather than the 100% had there been no book. I do not like questioning children of abuse, even at 2%. People have argued that this documentary is heavily skewed as a pro-Mia, anti-Woody story. I find this curious. Woody certainly comes across as a predator but Mia comes across as a naive enabler with a disturbing psychosis. She had countless signs that there were issues - from neighbors, family, babysitters, and friends questioning Woody’s attachment issues and actions to/with Dylan, to Dylan’s actual account of inappropriateness with Woody in the attic, to finding pornographic photos of Soon Yi in Woody’s apartment when Soon Yi was a high schooler. Mia’s responses?: “Woody’s new to parenting, doesn’t understand.” Mia to Woody on Soon Yi...”Do you love her (Soon Yi) more than you love me?” (that is where your mind is at when you have learned your boyfriend is having sex with your daughter?) . Mia, on dating since Woody...”I keep boyfriends away from my kids out of fear they may fall in love with another one of my beautiful children” (the maternal fear for most would be having exposed her children to a predator in the past but she is worried about having to compete with her child for a man’s love?). I really cannot understand why anyone thinks this documentary painted Mia in a positive light. I came away from this documentary believing Woody is a predator and Dylan was abused by him - both things I thought before the documentary. I also came away believing Mia was incredibly naive, willfully ignorant, and has a concerning psychosis that should not be ignored - all things I was oblivious to prior to this documentary. The documentary had useful and interesting content but, again, was so poorly organized that I found myself tempted to quit watching many times.