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What are the best documentaries about filmmakers?
2024.05.12 00:47 pirro29 What are the best documentaries about filmmakers?
Lately I've discovered that there are a lot of documentaries about great directors but for some reason I struggle to find any, especially about the less famous ones. Do you know any? Cite as many as possible if you know of them.
PS: I'm mostly referring to documentaries that talk about the director's career in general and all the films he made, not documentaries on a specific film.
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PS: I'm mostly referring to documentaries that talk about the director's career in general and all the films he made, not documentaries on a specific film.
2024.05.11 21:13 SanderSo47 Directors at the Box Office: Wes Craven
 | https://preview.redd.it/5jhcjegtjuzc1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=71a26f361e87730152e07e12f1bc76322db0b023 submitted by SanderSo47 to boxoffice [link] [comments] Here's a new edition of "Directors at the Box Office", which seeks to explore the directors' trajectory at the box office and analyze their hits and bombs. I already talked about a few, and as I promised, it's Wes Craven's turn. Craven earned a master's degree in philosophy and writing from Johns Hopkins University. He subsequently bought a 16mm film camera and began making short movies. His friend Steve Chapin informed him of a messenger position at a New York City film production co, where his brother, future folk-rock star Harry Chapin worked. He started in the industry as a sound editor, before transitioning as a porn director. He said he made "many hardcore X-rated films" under pseudonyms. And then he transitioned into directing for the big screen. From a box office perspective, how reliable was he to deliver a box office hit? That's the point of this post. To analyze his career. It should be noted that as he started his career in the 1970s, some of the domestic grosses here will be adjusted by inflation. The table with his highest grossing films, however, will be left in its unadjusted form, as the worldwide grosses are more difficult to adjust.The Last House on the Left (1972)"Mari, seventeen, is dying. Even for her, the worst is yet to come."His directorial debut. The film stars Sandra Peabody, Lucy Grantham, David Hess, Fred J. Lincoln, Jeramie Rain, and Marc Sheffler. The plot follows Mari Collingwood, a teenager who is abducted, raped, and tortured by a family of violent fugitives led by Krug Stillo on her seventeenth birthday. When her parents discover what happened to her, they seek vengeance against the family, who have taken shelter at their home. Craven, who had no money at the time, was put on the job of synchronizing dailies for Sean S. Cunningham's Together. They became friends, and Hallmark Releasing gave them $90,000 to make another film. Craven considered a hardcore film, but decided to tone it down a bit. The idea for this film came from Ingmar Bergman's The Virgin Spring, and Craven wanted to make a film in which the violence would be shown in detail onscreen, as he felt that many popular films of the era, such as Westerns, glamorized violence and the "vigilante hero", and gave the public a misleading representation of death in the wake of the Vietnam War. The film attracted negative media attention for its heavy graphic content, and there were calls for some theaters to drop the film. But you know, bad buzz is still buzz and that translated to a pretty good run in theaters, earning up to $3 million in its initial run. Even to this day, the film is polarizing due to its violence and themes. But Craven just made his name well known.
The Hills Have Eyes (1977)"A nice American family. They didn't want to kill. But they didn't want to die."His second film. The film stars Susan Lanier, Michael Berryman and Dee Wallace. The film follows the Carters, a suburban family targeted by a family of cannibal savages after becoming stranded in the Nevada desert. Craven wanted to make a non-horror, but he found that his investors only wanted films with graphic content. At the New York Public Library, Craven checked the library's forensics department, and learned of the legend of Sawney Bean - the alleged head of a 48-person Scottish clan responsible for the murder and cannibalization of more than one thousand people. He drew influences from this, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Grapes of Wrath. Craven also had to cut a lot of scenes to avoid getting an X rating. The film once again drew negative attention for its violence. But it made over $25 million at the box office, which was an even bigger success than House. It subsequently earned a cult following.
Deadly Blessing (1981)"Pray you're not blessed."His third film. It stars Ernest Borgnine, Maren Jensen, Susan Buckner, and Sharon Stone, and tells the story of a strange figure committing murder in a contemporary community that is not far from another community that believes in ancient evil and curses. It received negative reviews, but it was another box office success for Craven.
Swamp Thing (1982)"Science transformed him into a monster. Love changed him even more!"His fourth film. Based on the DC Comics character created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson, it stars Louis Jourdan and Adrienne Barbeau. It tells the story of scientist Alec Holland who is transformed into the monster known as Swamp Thing through laboratory sabotage orchestrated by the evil Anton Arcane. Later, he helps a woman named Alice Cable and battles the man responsible for it all, the ruthless Arcane. The film made $2.5 million domestically, despite mixed reviews.
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)"If Nancy doesn't wake up screaming, she won't wake up at all."His fifth film. It stars Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Johnny Depp, and Robert Englund. The film's plot concerns a group of teenagers who are targeted by Freddy Krueger, an undead child killer who can murder people through their dreams, as retribution against their parents who burned him alive. The film was inspired by several newspaper articles printed in the Los Angeles Times in the 1970s about Hmong refugees, who, after fleeing to the United States because of war and genocide in Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, suffered disturbing nightmares and refused to sleep. Some of the men died in their sleep soon after. This, along with the song "Dream Weaver" by Gary Wright, motivated Craven to craft a horror film focused on people dying through their sleep. The film's villain, Freddy Krueger, is drawn from Craven's early life. One night, a young Craven saw an elderly man walking on the sidepath outside the window of his home. The man stopped to glance at a startled Craven and walked off. This served as the inspiration for Krueger. Initially, Fred Krueger was intended to be a child molester, but Craven eventually characterized him as a child murderer to avoid being accused of exploiting a spate of highly publicized child molestation cases that occurred in California around the time of the film's production. He settled on the name Freddy Krueger, which was based on a childhood bully of his. The process of writing the film went smoothly, the real problem was finding a studio. Craven sent it to most studios, and all rejected it. The first studio to show interest was Disney, but Craven declined their offer as they wanted a more toned-down kid-friendly PG-13 flick. When Paramount and Universal also turned it down, Craven decided to go to the independent studio New Line Cinema. The studio only distributed films, but they agreed in financing the film. As they lacked the financial resources for the production, New Line had to turn to external financiers. Despite opening in just 165 theaters, the film earned $1.2 million in its opening weekend, making it clear that it would be an immediate box office success. It eventually closed with $25 million domestically, and $57 million worldwide. It received critical acclaim, and has been referred as one of the best and most influential slashers ever made. Freddy Krueger would soon be hailed as one of the most emblematic figures of horror, and Craven quickly earned a reputation as a horror legend. But most importantly, it was the beginning of New Line Cinema as a studio, which is why it's referred as "the house that Freddy built." The film would later spawn a franchise, although Craven wouldn't direct any of the "sequels." Why the quotation marks? We'll get to that later on.
The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1985)"So you think you're lucky to be alive."His sixth film. The sequel to The Hills Have Eyes, it stars Tamara Stafford, Kevin Spirtas, John Bloom, Michael Berryman, Penny Johnson, Janus Blythe, John Laughlin, Willard E. Pugh, Peter Frechette and Robert Houston. It follows a group of bikers who become stranded in the desert and find themselves fighting off a family of inbred cannibals who live off the land. The film was shot on a very low budget, and it simply ended prematurely because they ran out of funds. There are no box office numbers available, but it received awful reviews. Deadly Friend (1986)"There's no one alive who'll play with the girl next door."His seventh film. Based on the novel Friend by Diana Henstell, it stars Matthew Laborteaux, Kristy Swanson, Michael Sharrett, Anne Twomey, Richard Marcus, and Anne Ramsey. Its plot follows a teenage computer prodigy who implants a robot's processor into the brain of his teenage neighbor after she is pronounced brain dead; the experiment proves successful, but she swiftly begins a killing spree in their neighborhood. Craven wanted to make a PG-rated science fiction film, with a similar tone to Starman, hoping to prove that he could make something that wasn't horror-themed. An unfinished version of the film was screened to a test audience of Craven's fanbase, and it was poorly received for its lack of violence and gore like his previous films. So WB decided to rewrite the film, adding more scenes with tons of gore. This made the final film appear tonally jumbled, and it went from easy PG to struggling to not get an X rating. The film was poorly received for its story and inconsistent tone. It also marked a huge flop at the box office, not even hitting $10 million. Craven lost interest in the film after WB inserted their own version, and he has since disowned the film.
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)"Don't bury me, I'm not dead!"His eighth film. It stars Bill Pullman, and is loosely based on the life of ethnobotanist Wade Davis, recounting his experiences in Haiti investigating the story of Clairvius Narcisse, who was allegedly poisoned, buried alive, and revived with a herbal brew which produced what was called a zombie. The film received mixed reactions, but it was a much needed box office success for Craven.
Shocker (1989)"No more Mr. Nice Guy."His ninth film. It stars Michael Murphy, Peter Berg, Cami Cooper, and Mitch Pileggi, and follows a serial killer who uses electricity to come back from the dead and carry out his vengeance on the football player who turned him in to the police. Another mixed bag for Craven, but it was still profitable.
The People Under the Stairs (1991)"In every neighborhood, there's one house that adults whisper about and children cross the street to avoid."His tenth film. It stars Brandon Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, and A. J. Langer. The plot follows a young boy and two adult robbers who become trapped in a house belonging to a neighborhood's crooked landlords after breaking in to steal their collection of gold coins as the boy learns a dark secret about them and what also lurks in their house. After a slate of mixed performers, the film received Craven's best reviews since Elm Street. To the surprise of Universal, it was also a box office success.
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)"This time, the terror doesn't stop at the screen."His 11th film. The installment in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise, it stars Robert Englund, Heather Langenkamp, Miko Hughes and John Saxon. The film is not part of the same continuity as previous films, and it portrays Freddy Krueger as a fictional movie villain who invades the real world and haunts the cast and crew involved in the making of the films about him. While Craven co-wrote the franchise's third installment, Dream Warriors, he wasn't that involved with the rest of the franchise. He wanted to make a deliberately more cerebral film than recent entries to the franchise, as he considered them as being cartoonish, and not faithful to his original themes. Specifically, he wanted Freddy to resemble his original vision: far darker and less comical. To reinforce this, the character's make-up and outfit were enhanced, with one of the most prominent differences being that he now wears a long blue/black trenchcoat. In addition, the signature glove was redesigned for a more organic look, with the fingers resembling bones and having muscle textures in between. The film received high praise, and was considered as the best film in the franchise since the original (it was Englund's favorite). But the franchise has been bleeding interest at the box office, and New Nightmare unfortunately had to suffer. It was profitable, but it became the lowest grossing film in the franchise.
Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)"A comic tale of horror and seduction."His 12th film. It stars Eddie Murphy, Angela Bassett, Allen Payne, Kadeem Hardison, John Witherspoon, Zakes Mokae, and Joanna Cassidy. It follows a Caribbean vampire who seduces a Brooklyn police officer who has no idea that she is half-vampire. The film had awful reviews, and despite the presence of a huge star like Eddie Murphy, it disappointed at the box office. Craven really needed a hit.
Scream (1996)"Someone has taken their love of scary movies one step too far."His 13th film. It stars David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan, Skeet Ulrich and Drew Barrymore. Set in the fictional town of Woodsboro, California, Scream's plot follows high school student Sidney Prescott and her friends, who, on the anniversary of her mother's murder, become the targets of a costumed serial killer known as Ghostface. As he was trying to make it in the industry, Kevin Williamson watched a Turning Point documentary about serial killer Danny Rolling which he said left him unsettled. Williamson later noticed an open window, armed himself with a knife, and called his friend for support. The pair began discussing horror characters that had resonated with them such as Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees. This experience prompted Williamson to start developing a concept wherein a girl is haunted by a caller. He started writing a film titled Scary Movie, and even left an outline for possible sequels. The concept was part of an era where there was debate over the influence of cinematic violence on audience, with Williamson coming up with a brilliant line "movies don't create psychos, movies make psychos more creative." It was inspired by many 1980s slashers, even though the genre was on decline by that point. His characters were intentionally designed to be knowledgeable about these horror films and their typical elements, with the intention of creating a unique killer who was not only aware of horror film clichés but also exploited them for his own advantage. While Williamson struggled with his previous films, this script was part of a bidding war with the studios, to the point that Oliver Stone himself wanted to direct it. Miramax (through Dimension Films) bought the script, and Williamson made some rewrites to scale back the violence. Bob Weinstein also wanted to change the name, as he believed the audiences would think the film is a comedy. The studio considered Danny Boyle, Tom McLoughlin, Sam Raimi, Robert Rodriguez, George A. Romero, Quentin Tarantino, and Anthony Waller as prime candidates to direct the film, but they all preferred to view the film as a comedy. Wes Craven was considered, but the studio believed he couldn't direct a satire. Craven also wasn't planning on directing it, as he wanted to focus on more mainstream films to salvage his career. Craven's assistant Julie Plec (who would collaborate with Williamson on The Vampire Diaries) convinced him in helming the project. By signing, Craven decided to get back some of the gore that was missing in the previous drafts. A huge contrast to the horror films of the era was that the film had established actors as the leads, as Craven and Williamson wanted to prove that no character was safe. Drew Barrymore had already starred in a few recognizable names, Neve Campbell was on the hit show Party of Five, Rose McGowan was known for Encino Man and The Doom Generation, David Arquette, Matthew Lillard and Skeet Ulrich were recognizable supporting characters, and Courteney Cox obviously was known for Friends. Vince Vaughn and Natasha Lyonne were the preferred choices for Billy and Tatum, but external problems caused them to drop out. After viewing the dailies raw footage, the Weinsteins criticized the quality of Craven's work as "workmanlike at best", believing it lacked tension and had an inconsistent tone. The Weinsteins also disliked the mask design, and said Barrymore lacked sex appeal because of the pageboy hairstyle she had chosen. While filming the final fight, Campbell's stuntwoman accidentally stabbed Ulrich with an umbrella tip, missing the protective vest he was wearing and hitting the site of an open heart surgery Ulrich had as a child. During post-production, Harvey Weinstein decided to name the film as Scream based on the Michael and Janet Jackson song. In a surprising move, the Weinsteins decided to release the film during the holiday season as counter-programming, offering teenagers an alternative to more traditional holiday fare. The decision was unpopular with the cast and crew, with Williamson expecting the film to fail. The film opened with $6.4 million and finishing in fourth place, leading analysts to consider the film as a bomb. But the film just kept growing. Buoyed by positive word of mouth, the Weinsteins increased marketing and the film managed to increase in its second and third weekends. It closed with $103 million domestically and $173 million worldwide, becoming the highest grossing slasher film ever and Craven's highest grossing film ever. The film received critical acclaim for its characters and writing, and has since been deemed as one of the most influential horror films of all time. It rekindled interest in horror, resurrected Craven's career and launched the careers of Williamson and the cast.
Scream 2 (1997)"Someone has taken their love of sequels one step too far."His 14th film. The sequel to Scream, it stars David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jamie Kennedy, Laurie Metcalf, Jerry O'Connell, Elise Neal, Timothy Olyphant, Jada Pinkett, and Liev Schreiber. The film takes place two years after the first film and again follows the character of Sidney Prescott, along with other survivors of the Woodsboro massacre, at the fictional Windsor College in Ohio where they are targeted by a copycat killer using the guise of Ghostface. As Williamson already had plans for sequels, the idea was for Sidney to attend college while being stalked by a copycat Ghostface killer. As filming began, Williamson's script had four killers: Derek, Hallie, Cotton Weary, and Nancy Loomis. But after Williamson transferred his script to the production, it was leaked onto the Internet in full, revealing the identity of the killers and a large amount of the involved plot. This resulted in the production continuing to film with only a partial script while Williamson conducted extensive rewrites, changing much of the film's finale, the identities of the film's killers and drastically altering the roles of other characters such as Randy Meeks and Joel. With a short deadline, Williamson couldn't fully compromise on the final script, forcing Craven to fill in the gaps himself. So the film was one of the very first cases where the Internet leaked major aspects of a film. As the Weinsteins wanted the film ready for December, it was able to capitalize on the audience's word of mouth to the original. It opened with $32 million in its first weekend, almost five times as big as the original, and the biggest December debut. It didn't hold as great as the original due to the competition, such as Titanic, but it still made $172.3 million worldwide, almost matching the original's gross. It also received very positive reviews, and so a profitable franchise was already underway.
Music of the Heart (1999)"She gave them a gift they could never imagine. They gave the system a fight it would never forget."His 15th film. The film stars Meryl Streep, Aidan Quinn, Angela Bassett, Gloria Estefan, Jane Leeves, Kieran Culkin and Jay O. Sanders. The film is a dramatization of the true story of Roberta Guaspari, who co-founded the Opus 118 Harlem School of Music and fought for music education funding in New York City public schools. After seeing the documentary Small Wonders, Craven was inspired to make a full-length film about Guaspari. Madonna was originally signed to play the role of Guaspari, but left the project before filming began, citing "creative differences" with Craven. When she left, Madonna had already studied for many months to play the violin. Streep learned to play Bach's Concerto for 2 Violins for the film. The project marked a huge departure for Craven; it was his first and only film to be rated PG, and his only one to not be horror or thriller. It received generally positive reviews, but it bombed at the box office. It received 2 Oscar nominations for Best Actress and Best Original Song, the only Craven film to get any noms.
Scream 3 (2000)"The most terrifying scream is always the last."His 16th film. The third installment in the Scream franchise, it stars David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox Arquette, Parker Posey, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Foley, Lance Henriksen, Matt Keeslar, Jenny McCarthy, Emily Mortimer, Deon Richmond, and Patrick Warburton. The film's story takes place one year after the previous film's events and follows Sidney Prescott, who has gone into self-imposed isolation following the events of the previous two films but is drawn to Hollywood after a new Ghostface begins killing the cast of the film within a film Stab 3. The plans for a sequel were already underway since Williamson sold the script, although Williamson still didn't write a script yet. When the Weinsteins approached him to write the film, Williamson was already busy with many projects (including his directorial debut), and was unavailable to perform his duties. He only made a 20-page outline wherein Ghostface would return just as production on a fictional film Stab 3 would be filmed. His plan was to show the killers were part of a Stab fan club (this idea would later be adapted into his show, The Following). With Williamson not available, Ehren Kruger was tasked in writing. Shortly before production began on the film, the Columbine High School massacre took place, and many parties began looking for reasoning behind the shooters' actions and there came an increased scrutiny on the role of the media in society, including video games and film, and the influence it could have on an audience. With production of Scream 3 not yet underway, there were considerations about whether the film should be made at that time, aware of the potential for negative attention but the studio decided to press forward, albeit with changes. The Weinsteins demanded to scale back on the gore and emphasize its satiric humor, as well as moving the setting to Hollywood. At one point in the production, the studio went as far as demanding that the film feature no blood or on-screen violence at all, a drastic departure for the series, but Craven directly intervened. One of the aspects changed was that the killer would be revealed to be Stu Macher, having survived the original film. The Weinsteins changed it after Columbine, as they didn't want to associate violence and murder with a high school setting. The film opened with $34.7 million, a franchise record and the biggest February debut ever. But it had weak legs, although it still made a very profitable $161.8 million worldwide. While the previous films were well-received, this film received negative reviews, who lambasted the film for becoming the very own thing it satirizes.
Cursed (2005)"What doesn't kill you makes you stronger."His 17th film. It stars Christina Ricci, Joshua Jackson, Jesse Eisenberg, Judy Greer, Scott Baio, Milo Ventimiglia, Shannon Elizabeth and Mýa, and follows two orphaned siblings attacked by a werewolf loose in Los Angeles. Kevin Williamson started working on a script that followed the exploits of a New York City serial killer who discovers that his lethal tendencies are due to his lycanthrope nature. When one of his projects was scrapped, Craven decided to direct, teaming them up again for another Scream reunion. But it wasn't planned like that. Craven was making a film, Pulse, when Bob Weinstein abruptly pulled the movie from the schedule ten days before shooting and cut through all the slow lanes, wanting Craven to get to Cursed as soon as possible. Craven was reportedly not pleased so Weinstein doubled his pay in order for him to direct the film. The director deemed the script too tonally similar to his film Vampire in Brooklyn, but felt pressured by the studio, leading him to ultimately sign on. The film started filming in January 2003, hoping to get the film released in August. In June, they only had six days left for filming. Suddenly, Dimension Films decided to put the movie on hold because top executives at the company weren't happy with the film's ending or how the special effects were progressing, specifically the look of the film's lead lupine. Rick Baker was preparing the final transformation effects when production stopped and asked Weinstein to let his team finish the work in order for it to be ready for the reshoot, but he refused. Patrick Lussier was brought in for massive rewrites, and the film didn't return to production until November. Baker was fired, and the prosthetic make-up was replaced with CGI. Skeet Ulrich filmed his scene as one of the leads, but chose to drop out following the reshoots as he disliked the new direction. It was also heavily edited to get the R rating down to PG-13. The budget was originally $35 million, yet some reports suggest it ballooned all the way to $100 million, making it one of the most expensive horror films ever. With that budget, it was clear it was not going to be a box office success. It flopped with just $29 million worldwide, and was panned by critics. Craven himself dislikes the final product, and a director's cut was never an option because his original ending was never filmed.
Red Eye (2005)"Fear takes flight."His 18th film. It stars Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, and Brian Cox. The story follows a hotel manager ensnared in an assassination plot by a terrorist while aboard a red-eye flight to Miami. The film received Craven's best reviews in years, and was a box office success, earning almost $100 million. While he is fine with people loving it, Cillian Murphy is not really fond of the film, "I love Rachel McAdams and we had fun making it but I don’t think it's a good movie. It’s a good B movie."
My Soul to Take (2010)"Only one has the power to save their souls."His 19th film. It stars Max Thieriot, Denzel Whitaker, Raul Esparza, and Shareeka Epps. It follows Adam "Bug" Hellerman, who is one of seven teenagers chosen to die following the anniversary of a serial killer's death. This was Craven's first film in almost two decades where he would be directing, producing and writing. But that didn't pan out to a success: it was a critical and commercial dud.
Scream 4 (2011)"New decade. New rules."His 20th and final film. The fourth installment in the Scream franchise, it stars David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Anthony Anderson, Alison Brie, Adam Brody, Rory Culkin, Marielle Jaffe, Erik Knudsen, Mary McDonnell, Marley Shelton, Nico Tortorella, and Roger L. Jackson. The film takes place on the fifteenth anniversary of the original Woodsboro murders from Scream and involves Sidney Prescott returning to the town after ten years, where Ghostface once again begins killing students from Woodsboro High. In 2010, Williamson and Craven confirmed their plans for a new film. Craven said that endless sequels, the modern spew of remakes, film studios, and directors are the butts of parodies in the film. The main characters have to figure out where the horror genre is in current days to figure out the modern events happening to and around them. This was the first film in the franchise to use CGI, with the knife's blade added in post-production. Even though the franchise was profitable, it seemed like its glory days were long behind it by the time it hit theaters. The film disappointed in its opening weekend with just $18 million, and closed with a weak $97 million worlwide, far less than the previous films. It also received mixed reviews, particularly for its writing and new characters. It was the last film directed by Craven before his death in 2015.
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The VerdictQuite inconsistent, but a very iconic figure in the horror genre. You know you made it big when your creations include Elm Street and Scream. Craven often struggled with difficult productions (you can blame the Weinsteins for that), but he still managed to make competent and scary films, even if some are better than others. Some even see critical re-appraisal as time passes; even Scream 3 and Scream 4 have their fans. We don't know what he would've done with the franchise after the fourth film, but he made it clear he was exhausted by having to film without finished scripts. Rest in Peace to a horror legend.Hope you liked this edition. You can find this and more in the wiki for this section. The next director will be Clint Eastwood. I think I'll have to make two posts, given that he directed 42 films. I asked you to choose who else should be in the run and the comment with the most upvotes would be chosen. Well, we'll later talk about... Ang Lee. A legendary Asian director. This is the schedule for the following four:
And that theme is: controversial directors. I'm talking directors who have attained a polarizing response to their films (like Zack Snyder), or the directors themselves are also controversial figures in real life (like Oliver Stone). Basically, a director that has as many fans as haters. |
2024.05.08 20:05 Ok_Web_1877 Review: GIRL FAKES As Guy To PLAY FOOTBALL, What Happens Is Shocking
For this week's review, I will be going back to the very first Dhar Mann video I ever watched! Sometime last year, my school (I have since graduated) made national headlines for controversy over trans athletes. I fell asleep one night while watching news stories about it. I woke up in the middle of the night, and my phone was still auto-playing YouTube videos. This is the video I woke up to. I was like 90% asleep, so I couldn't tell if it was an actual news story or documentary or what. Turns out, this video has nothing to do with trans people. I clicked on the channel name after and the rest is history.
I haven't watched this video since then. I obviously didn't know the cast, tropes, or clichés of Dhar Mann at the time, so I thought it would be fun to go back to this!
Our story begins outside of (presumably) Bookside Highschool. We have our lead, Kate (Callie Walker) alongside her boyfriend and female bestie. Tbh I don't even recognize the actors for the friend or boyfriend. Straight out of the gate, we get an exposition dump from the obligatory best friend.
Already, I would like to digress for a moment. Dhar Mann is not a good writer. Not even factoring the many flaws with his messages and predictable plots, the dialogue is always so contrived. Show don't tell, Dhar Dhar. If your banter is thinly veiled exposition, go back to the drawing board. You shouldn't have to write dialogue such as "hey what's up, cousin?" in order to establish character dynamics.
Anyway, best friend is bummed because Kate is giving up cheerleading to try out for the football team. Kate has been playing football since she was 5, and now it's her time to shine! They're seniors in highschool and Kate won't get this chance again! Boyfriend objects to Kate trying out. At first I was about to rip into this guy, but come to think of it... yeah idk how I'd feel about my partner playing on the same football team as me. Like for me the gender aspect isn't a factor, but having your partner play on the same team... I can see why that would be weird. So I'll spare boyfriend... for now.
Boyfriend (I'm sorry, nicknames aren't jumping out to me this time) and Kate approach the coach. The coach is an asshole to Kate but lets her tryout anyway. Montage of her out-performing every male athlete ensues.
The next day at school, Kate and her friend check the board to see who made the football and cheerleading teams. Friend made the cheer team, but Kate didn't make the football team. Already, this video loses me. Why did the coach even have Kate tryout if he was just going to cut her? Was it just to placate her? She very clearly outperformed everyone, so the coach cutting her just makes him look sus. Is anybody in 2024 really this astonished at the idea of a girl trying out for a sport's team where no female-only alternatives exist? This discrimination case seems extra ironic considering that the coach (played by Melvin Ward) is a black man. What if some asshole didn't want him playing on a team?
Boyfriend and his way cooler best friend, Ben, arrive in time to comfort Kate on not making the team. Boyfriend seems sweet and supportive at first, but his true feelings start to show with little bits of dialogue he says. There is also an arguable continuity error. Boyfriend tells Kate "there's always next year, right?" even though they established that this is their senior year. Maybe it's supposed to imply that the boyfriend is feigning compassion or is just a bit dumb, but given the quality of Dhar's storytelling, I'm considering it a continuity error. Kate and her friend walk off, leaving Ben and Donny (Kate's boyfriend) to mourn over the tragedy that just took place.
Based on the music change, this is where we're supposed to see the true colors of Donny.... but what he said isn't that bad tbh. He said "It's too bad, but she's a big girl, she'll move on from this. At least we made the team, right?" Calling your girlfriend a "big girl" is a bit weird, but other than that, the sentiment isn't too awful.
We're treated to a few minutes of a football game with Kate cheering from the sidelines (in the crowd, not as a cheerleader). Their team sucks, Donny is bad, and they even get booed! This is almost Dhar Mann karmic retribution, because the quarterback gets injured too!
We fluctuate once again back to school, and there are flyers for a... quarterback tryout? Why? Wouldn't they just have somebody else on the team be the interim quarterback? Ben encourages Kate to tryout, but this time Donny actively objects. Later that day, Kate is helping her friend with her cheer moves, and they refer to the coach by a different name than he had earlier. Friend gets this silly idea to have Kate pretend to be a guy to tryout and make the team. This is where the video goes off the rails...
Kate agrees, taking on the info of friend's out-of-state cousin and enrolling as a transfer student. Meanwhile, Kate pretends to be sick. Before I even get into how bad the makeover is, let's discuss the many flaws with this plan:
We get to the moral of the video, and.... it's not applicable. Friend says "If you set your mind to something, you can do anything. This is your chance to show that even a girl can kick their butts!" But that's the thing: This isn't an issue of her being non-committal. She has ALREADY demonstrated to be better than the male players, and they realize that. This is a matter of discrimination, which is mostly out of her control.
Second montage, and this time Kate gets a makeover. I didn't realize Dhar was already doing double montages. As you'd expect, it's not remotely convincing. It's on the same level of obvious as Katherine Norland in that recent video with Neela Jolene. It's completely unrealistic that nobody would recognize Kate, but I'm going to suspend my disbelief for the sake of continuing this review.
sigh once again, we fluctuate back to the field. This video seriously lacks set variety. "Kyle" outperforms the guys once again, and we continue that weird subplot about Donny's true colors slowly being revealed. Ben is actually concerned about Kate being sick, but Donny is all nah she's fine bro.
Flip flop back to school. Kyle is sitting with friend. I was about to comment how Kate is blowing her cover by sitting with her best friend anyway, but I guess it makes sense since Kyle is friend's cousin and he's new. But again, I emphasize, how would anybody even believe they are cousins? Come to think of it, schools in Dhar Mann only have like 12 people, so this would get sussed out even faster than it normally would at a huge state school. Kyle laments to friend that Donny is an asshole and saw a whole new side of him while on the field. Dhar Mann coincidence occurs, because Donny comes in and bumps into Kyle. He even goes supervillain and brags about how Kate isn't there, so he can do what he wants! Ben helps Kyle up, and goes on about how awesome of a person Kate is. It's pretty obvious where this is going.
We finally get a breath of fresh air with a new set change! Kate is outside of her house, changing out of her Kyle costume. Uh oh, Donny is here! They have an awkward run in, and Donny shows what a buffoon he is. He literally narcs on himself, telling his girlfriend that he's only checking in FOR THE FIRST TIME IN WEEKS because Ben told him to. Negative rizz, my guy.
Donny isn't the only stupid one though, because Kate makes the bad decision of breaking up with him right there. On an a super impromptu meeting. Not a good time. But that's not even the worst part! Kate cites her friend telling her how Donny has been treating "some new kid named Kyle" and uggggghhhh Kate you fuuuuucked uuuuup! Talk about blowing your cover, the LAST thing you want to do is mention your alter ego, even in passing. Not to mention, you're citing hearsay about some complete stranger you've never heard of before! She even missed the chance to play the whole cousin angle! She could've very easily have said "my friend says you've been an asshole to her cousin, and I don't appreciate that one bit. She's my best friend so picking on her cousin is like picking on family!" or some shit like that. Anything would have been better!
Donny tries to gaslight Kate into thinking she's just being sensitive, but at least she's smart enough to not fall for it. Donny asks for his hoodie back... what? What hoodie? This wasn't a plot point... Chekov items happen all the time in Dhar Mann but this is the opposite. There was ZERO mention or significance of any hoodie in this video whatsoever. It's just another example of abysmal Dhar Mann writing. He introduced this hoodie as a random excuse for Kate to temporarily leave so Donny can find Kate's backpack with the Kyle costume in it.
We cut to the team preparing for the big game in the locker room. Donny arrives late, with a big shit-eating grin on his face. He predictably exposes Kate right before the big game, and he comes damn close to unironically saying "There is an imposter among us". Kate comes clean, and the coach benches her. For some reason Donny becomes QB... even though he never was to begin with.
Coach is all "Just wait until the school finds out you lied to play on the team!" ummm dumbass, that's hands down the LEAST problematic thing of this whole scheme. Not even going to mention the identity theft or faulty physicals/paperwork/transcripts or anything like that???
Donny sucks, and the team is getting rekt. There's a bit of dialogue I find amusing. The coach says "unless Tom Brady shows up, we can't do much else." I'm from New England, so hyperbolic praise for Brady isn't unusual in the slighest, but this is in Cali... it's just weird to hear other parts of the country praise him considering anytime I ever travel anywhere I hear nothing but disdain for him.
Anyway, Ben finally convinces the coach to let Kate play, as herself. This video really came out in the wrong decade. I have a hard time believing there would be much pushback over a girl playing.
They win with Kate's help. The coach promises not to narc her out to the school on the condition that she plays for them again ne- ... really? Again?! The same continuity error has happened twice in this video?! And again, this scandal would be something way beyond the hands of the coach. He has no say.
We cut to next year, and..... I'm at a loss for words. This is now the THIRD TIME we've run into the continuity error over them still being at the school despite seniors and hammering that point home many many many times. I am astonished that the same continuity error was made less than 20 seconds later. Anyway, some freshman are there to tryout, and thank Kate for breaking the glass ceiling. They repeat the inapplicable moral of the video, and we see that Ben and Kate have become a couple.
Outro:
I saw this video in Dhar's Extended cut playlist. There is no extended cut. I watched this video twice looking for changes. Needless to say, this video was much more enjoyable when my brain was 90% shut off in the middle of the night. I'm honestly surprised that this was the video that introduced me to Dhar Mann. The first half is boring, the second half goes way off the fucking rails. It's not even enjoyably bad, just tedious.
I'll be posting a review every Wednesday! If you have any suggestions for what to review next, please comment below. My only exceptions are that I will not review videos about race or autism. See you in the next one!
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I haven't watched this video since then. I obviously didn't know the cast, tropes, or clichés of Dhar Mann at the time, so I thought it would be fun to go back to this!
Our story begins outside of (presumably) Bookside Highschool. We have our lead, Kate (Callie Walker) alongside her boyfriend and female bestie. Tbh I don't even recognize the actors for the friend or boyfriend. Straight out of the gate, we get an exposition dump from the obligatory best friend.
Already, I would like to digress for a moment. Dhar Mann is not a good writer. Not even factoring the many flaws with his messages and predictable plots, the dialogue is always so contrived. Show don't tell, Dhar Dhar. If your banter is thinly veiled exposition, go back to the drawing board. You shouldn't have to write dialogue such as "hey what's up, cousin?" in order to establish character dynamics.
Anyway, best friend is bummed because Kate is giving up cheerleading to try out for the football team. Kate has been playing football since she was 5, and now it's her time to shine! They're seniors in highschool and Kate won't get this chance again! Boyfriend objects to Kate trying out. At first I was about to rip into this guy, but come to think of it... yeah idk how I'd feel about my partner playing on the same football team as me. Like for me the gender aspect isn't a factor, but having your partner play on the same team... I can see why that would be weird. So I'll spare boyfriend... for now.
Boyfriend (I'm sorry, nicknames aren't jumping out to me this time) and Kate approach the coach. The coach is an asshole to Kate but lets her tryout anyway. Montage of her out-performing every male athlete ensues.
The next day at school, Kate and her friend check the board to see who made the football and cheerleading teams. Friend made the cheer team, but Kate didn't make the football team. Already, this video loses me. Why did the coach even have Kate tryout if he was just going to cut her? Was it just to placate her? She very clearly outperformed everyone, so the coach cutting her just makes him look sus. Is anybody in 2024 really this astonished at the idea of a girl trying out for a sport's team where no female-only alternatives exist? This discrimination case seems extra ironic considering that the coach (played by Melvin Ward) is a black man. What if some asshole didn't want him playing on a team?
Boyfriend and his way cooler best friend, Ben, arrive in time to comfort Kate on not making the team. Boyfriend seems sweet and supportive at first, but his true feelings start to show with little bits of dialogue he says. There is also an arguable continuity error. Boyfriend tells Kate "there's always next year, right?" even though they established that this is their senior year. Maybe it's supposed to imply that the boyfriend is feigning compassion or is just a bit dumb, but given the quality of Dhar's storytelling, I'm considering it a continuity error. Kate and her friend walk off, leaving Ben and Donny (Kate's boyfriend) to mourn over the tragedy that just took place.
Based on the music change, this is where we're supposed to see the true colors of Donny.... but what he said isn't that bad tbh. He said "It's too bad, but she's a big girl, she'll move on from this. At least we made the team, right?" Calling your girlfriend a "big girl" is a bit weird, but other than that, the sentiment isn't too awful.
We're treated to a few minutes of a football game with Kate cheering from the sidelines (in the crowd, not as a cheerleader). Their team sucks, Donny is bad, and they even get booed! This is almost Dhar Mann karmic retribution, because the quarterback gets injured too!
We fluctuate once again back to school, and there are flyers for a... quarterback tryout? Why? Wouldn't they just have somebody else on the team be the interim quarterback? Ben encourages Kate to tryout, but this time Donny actively objects. Later that day, Kate is helping her friend with her cheer moves, and they refer to the coach by a different name than he had earlier. Friend gets this silly idea to have Kate pretend to be a guy to tryout and make the team. This is where the video goes off the rails...
Kate agrees, taking on the info of friend's out-of-state cousin and enrolling as a transfer student. Meanwhile, Kate pretends to be sick. Before I even get into how bad the makeover is, let's discuss the many flaws with this plan:
- "Kyle" would need academic transcripts. Good luck bullshitting those.
- Given that the tryouts are yearly, is Kate going to be sick FOR THE WHOLE DAMN SCHOOL YEAR????
- This is identity theft, and is a legit fucking crime.
- There is ZERO indication that this actual person named Kyle is aware of this plan. What a good cousin you are...
- Is Kate basically doing double school work the entire year? Who is to say that Kyle is even in the same classes as her? They could have very different schedules!
- Kate is white and her friend is black. So unless there's some adoption or something going on, friend's cousin is not going to be white.
We get to the moral of the video, and.... it's not applicable. Friend says "If you set your mind to something, you can do anything. This is your chance to show that even a girl can kick their butts!" But that's the thing: This isn't an issue of her being non-committal. She has ALREADY demonstrated to be better than the male players, and they realize that. This is a matter of discrimination, which is mostly out of her control.
Second montage, and this time Kate gets a makeover. I didn't realize Dhar was already doing double montages. As you'd expect, it's not remotely convincing. It's on the same level of obvious as Katherine Norland in that recent video with Neela Jolene. It's completely unrealistic that nobody would recognize Kate, but I'm going to suspend my disbelief for the sake of continuing this review.
sigh once again, we fluctuate back to the field. This video seriously lacks set variety. "Kyle" outperforms the guys once again, and we continue that weird subplot about Donny's true colors slowly being revealed. Ben is actually concerned about Kate being sick, but Donny is all nah she's fine bro.
Flip flop back to school. Kyle is sitting with friend. I was about to comment how Kate is blowing her cover by sitting with her best friend anyway, but I guess it makes sense since Kyle is friend's cousin and he's new. But again, I emphasize, how would anybody even believe they are cousins? Come to think of it, schools in Dhar Mann only have like 12 people, so this would get sussed out even faster than it normally would at a huge state school. Kyle laments to friend that Donny is an asshole and saw a whole new side of him while on the field. Dhar Mann coincidence occurs, because Donny comes in and bumps into Kyle. He even goes supervillain and brags about how Kate isn't there, so he can do what he wants! Ben helps Kyle up, and goes on about how awesome of a person Kate is. It's pretty obvious where this is going.
We finally get a breath of fresh air with a new set change! Kate is outside of her house, changing out of her Kyle costume. Uh oh, Donny is here! They have an awkward run in, and Donny shows what a buffoon he is. He literally narcs on himself, telling his girlfriend that he's only checking in FOR THE FIRST TIME IN WEEKS because Ben told him to. Negative rizz, my guy.
Donny isn't the only stupid one though, because Kate makes the bad decision of breaking up with him right there. On an a super impromptu meeting. Not a good time. But that's not even the worst part! Kate cites her friend telling her how Donny has been treating "some new kid named Kyle" and uggggghhhh Kate you fuuuuucked uuuuup! Talk about blowing your cover, the LAST thing you want to do is mention your alter ego, even in passing. Not to mention, you're citing hearsay about some complete stranger you've never heard of before! She even missed the chance to play the whole cousin angle! She could've very easily have said "my friend says you've been an asshole to her cousin, and I don't appreciate that one bit. She's my best friend so picking on her cousin is like picking on family!" or some shit like that. Anything would have been better!
Donny tries to gaslight Kate into thinking she's just being sensitive, but at least she's smart enough to not fall for it. Donny asks for his hoodie back... what? What hoodie? This wasn't a plot point... Chekov items happen all the time in Dhar Mann but this is the opposite. There was ZERO mention or significance of any hoodie in this video whatsoever. It's just another example of abysmal Dhar Mann writing. He introduced this hoodie as a random excuse for Kate to temporarily leave so Donny can find Kate's backpack with the Kyle costume in it.
We cut to the team preparing for the big game in the locker room. Donny arrives late, with a big shit-eating grin on his face. He predictably exposes Kate right before the big game, and he comes damn close to unironically saying "There is an imposter among us". Kate comes clean, and the coach benches her. For some reason Donny becomes QB... even though he never was to begin with.
Coach is all "Just wait until the school finds out you lied to play on the team!" ummm dumbass, that's hands down the LEAST problematic thing of this whole scheme. Not even going to mention the identity theft or faulty physicals/paperwork/transcripts or anything like that???
Donny sucks, and the team is getting rekt. There's a bit of dialogue I find amusing. The coach says "unless Tom Brady shows up, we can't do much else." I'm from New England, so hyperbolic praise for Brady isn't unusual in the slighest, but this is in Cali... it's just weird to hear other parts of the country praise him considering anytime I ever travel anywhere I hear nothing but disdain for him.
Anyway, Ben finally convinces the coach to let Kate play, as herself. This video really came out in the wrong decade. I have a hard time believing there would be much pushback over a girl playing.
They win with Kate's help. The coach promises not to narc her out to the school on the condition that she plays for them again ne- ... really? Again?! The same continuity error has happened twice in this video?! And again, this scandal would be something way beyond the hands of the coach. He has no say.
We cut to next year, and..... I'm at a loss for words. This is now the THIRD TIME we've run into the continuity error over them still being at the school despite seniors and hammering that point home many many many times. I am astonished that the same continuity error was made less than 20 seconds later. Anyway, some freshman are there to tryout, and thank Kate for breaking the glass ceiling. They repeat the inapplicable moral of the video, and we see that Ben and Kate have become a couple.
Outro:
I saw this video in Dhar's Extended cut playlist. There is no extended cut. I watched this video twice looking for changes. Needless to say, this video was much more enjoyable when my brain was 90% shut off in the middle of the night. I'm honestly surprised that this was the video that introduced me to Dhar Mann. The first half is boring, the second half goes way off the fucking rails. It's not even enjoyably bad, just tedious.
I'll be posting a review every Wednesday! If you have any suggestions for what to review next, please comment below. My only exceptions are that I will not review videos about race or autism. See you in the next one!
2024.05.07 22:57 marikatani films with a visual kei theme/appearance
hi!! i am here to asking for recommendations for films that talk/address/cite or appear about visual kei bands and artists, even if it's for 5 seconds lol 😭 i wanted to watch the film made in honor of Raphael's Kazuki, i saw it was available on youtube, but i don't know japanese fluently.. and other than that, i've already watched 'Tokyo Pop', where there's a quick appearance by X Japan (back when it was still just X!). it could be films or band/vk genre documentaries... thank you in advance :)
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2024.05.04 17:18 MerariVonGen Can we be more skeptical of claims like Ace of Base Nazi connections?
I really enjoyed the recent episode on Savitri Devi and was stunned by the idea that Ace of Base could have been crypto Nazis. I found the Cracked article, read it, and figured that, if Robert cited it and it's been around since 2015, maybe there's something to it. To be clear, I was a bit convinced and wanted to be sure that this was valid, so I was open to the idea.
From looking around, it looks like the only valid thing from the Cracked article was that the keyboardist was a part of a vile band in his teens, which he admitted to as much in a '97 documentary. Everything else seems seems like confirmation bias that started from watching a Hitler doc that mentioned the Base of Aces. From the videos and lyrics, everything mentioned just appears to be a combination of confirmation bias and ignoring that these are Swedes writing in English.
I love entertaining these kinds of ideas, but we do need to be far more suspicious of especially things that sound right or are shocking.
I'd recommend the below criticism from Steven Gamble. It really does go through the claims and also goes through the rest of the band's material that really calls the Nazi interpretation into question.
https://stevengamble.com/on-musical-meaning-as-messages-or-why-ace-of-base-probably-arent-nazis/
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From looking around, it looks like the only valid thing from the Cracked article was that the keyboardist was a part of a vile band in his teens, which he admitted to as much in a '97 documentary. Everything else seems seems like confirmation bias that started from watching a Hitler doc that mentioned the Base of Aces. From the videos and lyrics, everything mentioned just appears to be a combination of confirmation bias and ignoring that these are Swedes writing in English.
I love entertaining these kinds of ideas, but we do need to be far more suspicious of especially things that sound right or are shocking.
I'd recommend the below criticism from Steven Gamble. It really does go through the claims and also goes through the rest of the band's material that really calls the Nazi interpretation into question.
https://stevengamble.com/on-musical-meaning-as-messages-or-why-ace-of-base-probably-arent-nazis/
2024.05.03 18:43 Hybrid-99 Issue with University not following its own policies
I took a class this past semester in which I earned a 101.71 average on everything. In the past couple of weeks, we have had two rough drafts (for a final paper coming up on may 10th) that fits the requirements of another paper I wrote for a different class. With this, I handed the paper in for my rough drafts and it was marked by the teacher as "self-plagiarism" which I didn't even know was a possibility. As a punishment he has decided to fail me for the course giving the following ramifications: 1. a zero on my transcript (I have a 3.85 GPA so this would greatly lower it) 2. I am unable to graduate this semester as I had planned to 3. I must now deny my acceptances to already accepted grad schools. 4. I will have to take a class instead of going to grad school to finish my undergraduate degree.
In reading the universities' policies on the appeal process (see attached transcript below taken directly from their site), to have valid grounds for appeal the student (me) must be based upon one of the four grounds: 1. procedural error 2. Sufficiency of evidence 3. New evidence 4. Disproportionate sanction. As taking my entire next year away over a rough draft is very extreme, I opted to appeal on the grounds of disproportionate sanctions. When completing the appeal form however, disproportionate sanctions was not an option that was able to be chosen as ground and so I chose procedural error explaining that "as defined in Article V.1a disproportional grounds is part of (the school's) policy for appeals and was not allowed to be used as an option. This is a procedural error as it is a procedural irregularity that will significantly affect the outcome on the hearing results."
In receiving a letter back from the dean's office, it was stated that "student must demonstrate that there was a substantial violation of the academic honesty procedure the significantly impacted the decision or outcome" further stating "Appealing on the basis the sanction in disproportionate with the violation is not a procedural error, nor an available appeal criterion." I sent a screenshot of the school's policy to the dean and asked for a review of the case and was only told that the decision is final.
My questions is this: Is it possible to sue the school for not adhering to their own policy and on the basis on individual discrimination as I have been solely not allowed to follow their policy due to their actions. Or is there some other basis that I could use as this is an extreme violation of their very own words as well as my future.
Thank you in advance to everyone who takes the time to read and respond to this.
Transcript:
i. Procedural Error. A Procedural irregularity that has significantly affected the outcome; deviations from the designated procedures will not be a basis for sustaining an appeal unless the error had a prejudicial effect on the hearing results
ii. Sufficiency of Evidence. The finding did not meet the required standard of evidence and the decision rendered is clearly erroneous.
iii. New Evidence. Discovery of substantial new evidence that was not known nor available at the time of the hearing and that would, with high probability, have affected the outcome.
iv. Disproportionate Sanctions. The sanctions or remedies imposed are substantially disproportionate to the violation(s) committed, considering the relevant aggravating and/or mitigating factors, or are otherwise manifestly unjust.
UPDATE: I talked to a lawyer who looked through the academic code of the college and notified me on something. Under plagiarism they state "Use or submission of intellectual property, ideas, evidence produced by another person, including computer generated text or work outsourced to third-parties, in whole or in parts as one's own academic assessment without providing proper citation or attribution. In some cases, reusing one's own previous work without acknowledging or citing the original work may constitute self-plagiarism." Another part of the school's policy guidelines states "in specific cases, the syllabus of the class is to be used." The teachers syllabus then goes on, "Plagiarism, or presenting someone else's work as your own, is a serious offense in academia. This includes copying from peers or any external sources without proper attribution. We adhere strictly to University regulations against plagiarism, which will result in an 'F' grade for the course and potential further disciplinary actions." I have been told that because of this, it is against the school's policy to have ANY sanctions for self-plagiarism as related to this course and by not allowing me to state my appeal and not meeting with me, they are violating their own policy which is a violation of due process - a fifth amendment right.
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In reading the universities' policies on the appeal process (see attached transcript below taken directly from their site), to have valid grounds for appeal the student (me) must be based upon one of the four grounds: 1. procedural error 2. Sufficiency of evidence 3. New evidence 4. Disproportionate sanction. As taking my entire next year away over a rough draft is very extreme, I opted to appeal on the grounds of disproportionate sanctions. When completing the appeal form however, disproportionate sanctions was not an option that was able to be chosen as ground and so I chose procedural error explaining that "as defined in Article V.1a disproportional grounds is part of (the school's) policy for appeals and was not allowed to be used as an option. This is a procedural error as it is a procedural irregularity that will significantly affect the outcome on the hearing results."
In receiving a letter back from the dean's office, it was stated that "student must demonstrate that there was a substantial violation of the academic honesty procedure the significantly impacted the decision or outcome" further stating "Appealing on the basis the sanction in disproportionate with the violation is not a procedural error, nor an available appeal criterion." I sent a screenshot of the school's policy to the dean and asked for a review of the case and was only told that the decision is final.
My questions is this: Is it possible to sue the school for not adhering to their own policy and on the basis on individual discrimination as I have been solely not allowed to follow their policy due to their actions. Or is there some other basis that I could use as this is an extreme violation of their very own words as well as my future.
Thank you in advance to everyone who takes the time to read and respond to this.
Transcript:
- Right to Appeal. When the Respondent if found to have violated the Code of Conduct and is sanctioned with Disciplinary Probation, University Housing Removal, University Suspension, or University Dismissal, the Respondent has the right to request an appeal of the original decision. Appeals are documentary reviews narrowly tailored to the specific grounds identified by the filing party, and not intended to rehear or reargue the same case. Appellants shall be limited to one appeal of a disciplinary outcome. Non-attendance by the parties may not be the sole grounds for an appeal nor is mere dissatisfaction with the decision grounds for appeal.
i. Procedural Error. A Procedural irregularity that has significantly affected the outcome; deviations from the designated procedures will not be a basis for sustaining an appeal unless the error had a prejudicial effect on the hearing results
ii. Sufficiency of Evidence. The finding did not meet the required standard of evidence and the decision rendered is clearly erroneous.
iii. New Evidence. Discovery of substantial new evidence that was not known nor available at the time of the hearing and that would, with high probability, have affected the outcome.
iv. Disproportionate Sanctions. The sanctions or remedies imposed are substantially disproportionate to the violation(s) committed, considering the relevant aggravating and/or mitigating factors, or are otherwise manifestly unjust.
UPDATE: I talked to a lawyer who looked through the academic code of the college and notified me on something. Under plagiarism they state "Use or submission of intellectual property, ideas, evidence produced by another person, including computer generated text or work outsourced to third-parties, in whole or in parts as one's own academic assessment without providing proper citation or attribution. In some cases, reusing one's own previous work without acknowledging or citing the original work may constitute self-plagiarism." Another part of the school's policy guidelines states "in specific cases, the syllabus of the class is to be used." The teachers syllabus then goes on, "Plagiarism, or presenting someone else's work as your own, is a serious offense in academia. This includes copying from peers or any external sources without proper attribution. We adhere strictly to University regulations against plagiarism, which will result in an 'F' grade for the course and potential further disciplinary actions." I have been told that because of this, it is against the school's policy to have ANY sanctions for self-plagiarism as related to this course and by not allowing me to state my appeal and not meeting with me, they are violating their own policy which is a violation of due process - a fifth amendment right.
2024.05.02 17:23 wiklr An Open Secret's legal fallouts act as a cautionary tale for Quiet on Set's future
One of their producers tweeted this about Dan Schneider suing Quiet on Set:
However between 2014-2015, the people involved in the documentary had faced a variety of legal disputes:
An Open Secret was revised:
Another strange tidbit is that despite Weiss and Peck having connections to Nickelodeon talent, the narrative shifted to Disney executives instead.
The difference this time is that the production behind Quiet on Set is being sued, but not individual participants. And the controversy surrounding it is tepid compared to what An Open Secret faced, at least for now.
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Schneider will make a HUGE !💰on this. Not as easy at it looks to do a documentary on pedophilia in Hollywood !😉 Ironic the film the industry supports & distributes turns out to be a mess that doesn't hold up to scrutiny legal or otherwise. #AnOpenSecretThe documentary's twitter account had mentioned they have never been sued before:
Rave critical reviews from NY Times, Variety, all other major criticsThey also posted their production notes citing Drake Bell as Brian Peck's victim and expecting to get people "through a deposition".
94% Rotten Tomatoes score
Never been sued
Broke many big news stories on Hollywood child molesters since
However between 2014-2015, the people involved in the documentary had faced a variety of legal disputes:
- April 21, 2014 - Bryan Singer accuser sues 3 entertainment executives
- June 27, 2014 - Garth Ancier Sues Sexual Abuse Accuser Michael Egan
- June 28, 2014 - Ex-Model Michael Egan III Drops Third Sex-Abuse Lawsuit
- December 17, 2014 - Former accuser of Hollywood director charged with wire fraud
- June 5, 2015 - SAG-AFTRA Threatened To Sue Director Amy Berg Over ‘An Open Secret’
- June 7, 2015 - Michael Egan's former attorneys apologize for false Hollywood sex abuse claims
- August 13, 2015 - Garth Ancier Calls for Legal Reforms After "False" Michael Egan Molestation Lawsuits
- August 17, 2015 - ‘An Open Secret’ Producer Takes Director Amy Berg to Arbitration
- November 11, 2015 - Producers of Teen Sex Abuse Documentary ‘An Open Secret’ Threaten to Sue Molestation Victim Over Criticism of Film
- December 8, 2015 - Bryan Singer Accuser is Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison
An Open Secret was revised:
The documentary previously named all four men in connection with the 2014 lawsuits, but was edited to remove those references.The final version of the documentary focused on Martin Weiss and Marc Collins Rector, with a brief mention of Brian Peck abusing a Nickelodeon actor. But neither Weiss nor Peck was part of the headlines back then as the documentary's reputation revolved around Bryan Singer & his accuser.
Another strange tidbit is that despite Weiss and Peck having connections to Nickelodeon talent, the narrative shifted to Disney executives instead.
The difference this time is that the production behind Quiet on Set is being sued, but not individual participants. And the controversy surrounding it is tepid compared to what An Open Secret faced, at least for now.
2024.05.01 09:50 expertisecatchingnet The state of the global economy
Hi there. Could anyone recommend some kind of podcast, news article, TV episode, documentary, or something, from a well-respected source/media outlet, that gives a good overview or even just a few basic facts about the state of the global economy. The more recent the better. I would like to be able to give a brief answer to the question "how would you describe the current state of the global economy", citing a well-respected source/media outlet. TIA.
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2024.04.30 09:49 JohannGoethe Dialogue 1 Nietzsche agrees to come to the party!
 | See: Dialogue tableAbstract First draft attempt; script cut ✂️ (didn’t work). Background In Aug 67A (1888), Nietzsche writes to Carl Fuchs that he was “born posthumously”. On 15 Oct 67A (1888), Nietzsche turned 44. Shortly thereafter, he penned the following draft notes to Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is (Ecce homo: Wie man wird, was man ist), then not titled but called: “I tell myself my life”: "On this perfect day, where everything ripens and not only the grape turns yellow, a sunny view just fell on my life I looked backwards, I looked out, I never saw so much and so good things at once. Not for nothing I just buried the forty-fourth year I was allowed: what was life in it is saved, is immortal. The first book of the Revaluation of Values; the first 6 songs of Zarathustra; the Twilight of the Idols, my attempt to philosophize with the hammer all gifts of this year, even of its last quarter year how should I not be grateful to my whole life!On 13 Nov 67A (1888), Nietzsche sends his Ecce Homo to the publisher. Sometime, in this mix, in A67 (1888), Nietzsche writes The Anti-Christ, said to be his last finished book, in the preface of which he says that this book was written for someone not yet born. On 3 Jan 66A (1889), Nietzsche, riding in a taxi, sees a horse 🐎 being flogged, runs to it, tries to protect the horse, the police are called, he is put in a psychiatric hospital, and looses his mind or rather “will to power” thereafter. Script On 3 Jan 66A (1889), at the moment Nietzsche sees the horse being flogged, LibbThims appears, from the “space-time transporter mechanism” (or something?), and runs to block Nietzsche from getting to the horse. 1.1 Thims Speaking to Nietzsche in German:
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2024.04.27 03:09 Aware-Dog6636 The Beatles albums ranked pt. 2
I would like to preface this by saying that I don't hate any Beatles album in fact I'm of the very original opinion that even their worst material is a lot better than most artists best. So please view this with an open mind.✌️
Feel free to share your opinions and/or rankings.
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- Yellow Submarine
- Please Please Me
- With The Beatles
- MMT
- Beatles For Sale
- The White Album
- Help!
- Sgt. Pepper
- Let It Be
- Rubber Soul
- A Hard Day's Night
- Abbey Road
- Revolver
Feel free to share your opinions and/or rankings.
2024.04.26 08:36 elitelucrecia Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carter Official Trailer ID
 | Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter and his late brother Aaron Carter — and the controversies and accusations swirling around both of them — will be the subject of the latest high-profile documentary series on Investigation Discovery. Coming off the tremendous success of the recent “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,” ID and its sister streamer Max will jointly run the four-part docuseries “Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carter” over two nights, on Monday, May 27, and Tuesday, May 28, at 9 p.m. ET. submitted by elitelucrecia to LeavingNeverlandHBO [link] [comments] In particular, the series will investigate the accusations of sexual assault against Nick Carter by three women, and will also dive into younger brother Aaron Carter’s struggles with mental health and substance abuse, leading to his death in 2022. “Fallen Idols” will additionally look at the relationship between the brothers, which took a turn when Aaron Carter began criticizing Nick Carter for those allegations and supporting his accusers. “Fallen Idols” includes interviews with Melissa Schuman, Ashley Repp and Shannon “Shay” Ruth, all of whom have alleged sexual assault by Nick Carter. Also interviewed is an unnamed “member of the Carter family,” as well as friends including Nick Carter’s ex-girlfriend Kaya Jones and Aaron Carter’s former fiancé Melanie Martin. “‘Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carter’ not only offers a deeper understanding around the allegations, but also chronicles the intense backlash Nick’s accusers have faced since their decision to speak publicly and the lasting impact that has had on their lives,” ID said in its press release on the series. “‘Fallen Idols’ explores the dark side of fame and fraught family dynamics but also the intense challenges faced by accusers who come forward against celebrities and pop culture icons in today’s modern world.” Schuman, a member of the 2000s girl group Dream, accused Nick Carter of assault in a 2017 blog post. She claimed that in 2002, Nick Carter raped her in his Santa Monica apartment while taking a break from shooting the TV horror film “The Hollow.” (When Schuman went public, the Los Angeles County prosecutors determined it was outside the 10-year statute of limitations. But Schuman filed suit against Nick Carter in 2023 after a change in California’s sexual assault statute of limitations laws.) Nick Carter wrote in a 2017 statement, “I am shocked and saddened by Ms. Schuman’s accusations. Melissa never expressed to me while we were together or at any time since that anything we did was not consensual… It is contrary to my nature and everything I hold dear to intentionally cause someone discomfort or harm.” In 2022, Ruth filed a sexual battery lawsuit against Nick Carter, claiming he assaulted her and infected her with HPV in February 2001 after a Backstreet Boys concert in Tacoma, Wash. She alleged that Nick Carter invited her back to his tour bus, raped her and assaulted her when she said she’d tell others about the attack. “This claim about an incident that supposedly took place more than 20 years ago is not only legally meritless but also entirely untrue,” Nick Carter’s attorney, Michael Holtz, said at the time of filing, in a statement to Variety. “Unfortunately, for several years now, Ms. Ruth has been manipulated into making false allegations about Nick – and those allegations have changed repeatedly and materially over time… there is nothing to this claim whatsoever, which we have no doubt the courts will quickly realize.” Meanwhile, according to Rolling Stone, a “Jane Doe A.R.” sued Nick Carter in August, alleging that he raped her when she was 15 in 2003. The publication also said that Nick Carter is currently suing Schuman, Ruth and one other accuser for defamation. As for Aaron Carter, he was found unresponsive in his home in November 2022 and declared dead. The manner of his death was ruled an accident by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner, with the first cause of death cited as drowning and the second being difluoroethane — an ingredient used in cans of compressed air — along with Xanax. Aaron Carter had previously revealed that he had been diagnosed with multiple mental health issues. He also struggled with substance abuse, was arrested for DUI and lost custody (along with Martin) to his son over domestic violence and drug concerns. “During this period, Aaron Carter decided to support Nick’s accusers, while battling addiction and struggling with his own mental health, stoking a very public feud between the two brothers in the lead up to Aaron’s tragic death in 2022,” ID added. Ish Entertainment produces “Fallen Idols” for ID. Natasha Bowler is producer and co-director; showrunner is Elissa Halperin and director is Tara Malone. Michael Hirschorn, Jess Antonini, Simon Ardizzone and Halperin are executive producers. ID and Max are likely hoping to generate the same kind of interest that “Quiet on Set” generated following its premiere in March. That show, which revealed the toxic work conditions behind children’s shows in the 1990s and early 2000s — specifically several Nickelodeon series — pulled off this is the best single-week performance Nielsen has ever recorded for a Max title. https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/nick-carter-aaron-carter-investigation-discovery-id-docuseries-fallen-idols-1235980282/ |
2024.04.26 06:32 Holiday-Amoeba5295 GENBLUE burned over a hundred of millions of NT dollars, their living expenses turned into a piece of chicken breast
Taiwanese girl group GENBLUE was established in 2023 and this year they decided to attempt 2nd debut in South Korea. In February, Ayeon, Yu, Yuan Yuan, Ayako, Vicky, Nico, Bido, Rong Rong, and XXIN—totaling 9 members—went to Korea to train as trainees. However, Rong Rong and Vicky were ultimately eliminated, and Bido voluntarily left the group. Currently, the group continues training with six members. GENBLUE's company, "TEN ENTERTAINMENT," founded by Yu ChuanYong, and CEO DaGang (Wang WeiHao), revealed that over 100 million New Taiwan Dollars have been spent to debut GENBLUE in Korea. Therefore, living expenses for the members are not included in the budget, but "the company will provide them with chicken breast," which serves as their daily living allowance.
GENBLUE originated from the talent show "NEXT GIRLZ," initially with members including Ayeon from South Korea, and Taiwanese members Yu, Yuan Yuan, Ayako, Vicky, Nico, Bido, Rong Rong, and XXIN. All nine are under "TEN ENTERTAINMENT." After releasing their album "FOR YOU" in November 2023, they all went to Korea in February for "second debut training," aiming to debut in Korea and appear on music shows. However, on April 12th, Rong Rong and Vicky were eliminated, and Bido chose to step back. Currently, GENBLUE operates with six members, with XXIN assuming the role of the new leader.
24-year-old is "too old" to be an idol in South Korea! Members lacked self-confidence and were eliminated
When asked about the reasons for eliminating Rong Rong and Vicky, company founder Yu ChuanYong stated that they did not meet the company's KPIs, and this decision made after discussions with DaGang. They also hope to avoid further changes in the group's lineup, but the only assurance is that "there will be no new members added," nor is there a possibility of reinstatement for those who have left.
Rong Rong was originally the captain, but now she quits and XXIN takes over the position. Yu ChuanYong believes Rong Rong "wasn't doing very poorly," but in a KPOP group, each member has unique qualities. However, as a leader, Rong Rong was given five objectives but only achieved three, which was the main reason for the change.
DaGang added: "Rong Rong lacked confidence." He revealed that there are many uncertainties in everyone's heart, and Rong Rong is the one who is most affected. "Rong Rong understands the KPOP ecology very well. With her oldest age (24 years old this year) It’s difficult to survive in the Korean idol industry at this age, but it’s different in Taiwan, so coming to Korea becomes very stressful.”
GENBLUE9 is missing 3! Rong Rong, Vicky and Bido are still part of the company
In fact, Rong Rong and Vicky were eliminated by the company, while the Bido, a member with strong capabilities, voluntarily quit and decided to develop behind the scenes. Yu ChuanYong and Dagang revealed the reason for Bido's withdrawal from the group, "For the company, she has rich experience, She has been a trainee in both Beijiing and Taiwan, so she didn't feel uncomfortable coming to Korea. Perhaps in the more extreme training life, she felt that being a trainee was not what she wanted to do, but more of a yearning for music. Make music instead of being a girl group member is what she conveyed during communication. There are a lot of uncertainties in this industry, and members must be consistent with the company. Once she has this idea, it will be difficult to continue with the group. If she debuts like this, this kind of mentality may affect other people and is not suitable for debut.”
Although Rong Rong, Vicky, and Bido left GENBLUE, the three of them are still artists under "TEN ENTERTAINMENT". Their contracts still have more than 5 years, and the contracts are guaranteed not to be terminated. Yu ChuanYong and Dagang will plan their future based on their characteristics and areas of expertise. "The company will discuss with them and listen to their ideas. Their wishes are important. We will tell everyone after the communication."
"Burning over a hundred of millions of NT dollars" in order to debut in South Korea! Members’ living expenses become a piece of chicken breast
GENBLUE has already spent over 100 million New Taiwan Dollars on their debut in Korea. Yu ChuanYong disclosed that releasing a single in Korea costs at least 80 million Korean Won (approximately 2 million New Taiwan Dollars), and shooting a music video is expected to cost another 10 million New Taiwan Dollars, excluding costume expenses. Given the limited funds, will the company provide living expenses for the girl group? Yu ChuanYong mentioned that the company covers their meals and accommodation, providing them with chicken breast as their living allowance. As for clothing, unless it's their personal choice, the company will cover the expenses for outfits needed for shoots.
Although a lot of money is being spent, the most difficult part of promoting GENBLUE is not the money, but the failure of the plan to keep up with the changes. DaGang said, "Many things change here (in Korea), for better or worse, and they develop rapidly. What was decided one day can completely turn around the next, which is difficult for most people to handle." He cited an example of SBS suddenly wanting to shoot a documentary, which they hadn't anticipated. "We had plans, but the time slots and budget demanded by Korean television are different. What do we do when the budget unexpectedly increases?"
GENBLUE is currently focused on preparing for their appearance on SBS's music program "THE SHOW" on July 23rd. Besides promoting in Korea, they will release lyrical single in Taiwan. When asked about their goals, Yu ChuanYong said: "chart on MelOn's music ranking within the top 100!" He added: "If it is 101st, we may also be secretly happy..." At the same time. He also guaranteed that they wouldn't spend money to manipulate the charts, "Although you can spend money to buy it, but newcomers will be seen through quickly. The statistics including the stage are too few, and they will be discovered soon. In that case, they can only go back to Taiwan directly."
Source: https://www.nownews.com/news/6407037
Mainly translated by Google Translation and ChatGPT, then revised by me.
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GENBLUE originated from the talent show "NEXT GIRLZ," initially with members including Ayeon from South Korea, and Taiwanese members Yu, Yuan Yuan, Ayako, Vicky, Nico, Bido, Rong Rong, and XXIN. All nine are under "TEN ENTERTAINMENT." After releasing their album "FOR YOU" in November 2023, they all went to Korea in February for "second debut training," aiming to debut in Korea and appear on music shows. However, on April 12th, Rong Rong and Vicky were eliminated, and Bido chose to step back. Currently, GENBLUE operates with six members, with XXIN assuming the role of the new leader.
24-year-old is "too old" to be an idol in South Korea! Members lacked self-confidence and were eliminated
When asked about the reasons for eliminating Rong Rong and Vicky, company founder Yu ChuanYong stated that they did not meet the company's KPIs, and this decision made after discussions with DaGang. They also hope to avoid further changes in the group's lineup, but the only assurance is that "there will be no new members added," nor is there a possibility of reinstatement for those who have left.
Rong Rong was originally the captain, but now she quits and XXIN takes over the position. Yu ChuanYong believes Rong Rong "wasn't doing very poorly," but in a KPOP group, each member has unique qualities. However, as a leader, Rong Rong was given five objectives but only achieved three, which was the main reason for the change.
DaGang added: "Rong Rong lacked confidence." He revealed that there are many uncertainties in everyone's heart, and Rong Rong is the one who is most affected. "Rong Rong understands the KPOP ecology very well. With her oldest age (24 years old this year) It’s difficult to survive in the Korean idol industry at this age, but it’s different in Taiwan, so coming to Korea becomes very stressful.”
GENBLUE9 is missing 3! Rong Rong, Vicky and Bido are still part of the company
In fact, Rong Rong and Vicky were eliminated by the company, while the Bido, a member with strong capabilities, voluntarily quit and decided to develop behind the scenes. Yu ChuanYong and Dagang revealed the reason for Bido's withdrawal from the group, "For the company, she has rich experience, She has been a trainee in both Beijiing and Taiwan, so she didn't feel uncomfortable coming to Korea. Perhaps in the more extreme training life, she felt that being a trainee was not what she wanted to do, but more of a yearning for music. Make music instead of being a girl group member is what she conveyed during communication. There are a lot of uncertainties in this industry, and members must be consistent with the company. Once she has this idea, it will be difficult to continue with the group. If she debuts like this, this kind of mentality may affect other people and is not suitable for debut.”
Although Rong Rong, Vicky, and Bido left GENBLUE, the three of them are still artists under "TEN ENTERTAINMENT". Their contracts still have more than 5 years, and the contracts are guaranteed not to be terminated. Yu ChuanYong and Dagang will plan their future based on their characteristics and areas of expertise. "The company will discuss with them and listen to their ideas. Their wishes are important. We will tell everyone after the communication."
"Burning over a hundred of millions of NT dollars" in order to debut in South Korea! Members’ living expenses become a piece of chicken breast
GENBLUE has already spent over 100 million New Taiwan Dollars on their debut in Korea. Yu ChuanYong disclosed that releasing a single in Korea costs at least 80 million Korean Won (approximately 2 million New Taiwan Dollars), and shooting a music video is expected to cost another 10 million New Taiwan Dollars, excluding costume expenses. Given the limited funds, will the company provide living expenses for the girl group? Yu ChuanYong mentioned that the company covers their meals and accommodation, providing them with chicken breast as their living allowance. As for clothing, unless it's their personal choice, the company will cover the expenses for outfits needed for shoots.
Although a lot of money is being spent, the most difficult part of promoting GENBLUE is not the money, but the failure of the plan to keep up with the changes. DaGang said, "Many things change here (in Korea), for better or worse, and they develop rapidly. What was decided one day can completely turn around the next, which is difficult for most people to handle." He cited an example of SBS suddenly wanting to shoot a documentary, which they hadn't anticipated. "We had plans, but the time slots and budget demanded by Korean television are different. What do we do when the budget unexpectedly increases?"
GENBLUE is currently focused on preparing for their appearance on SBS's music program "THE SHOW" on July 23rd. Besides promoting in Korea, they will release lyrical single in Taiwan. When asked about their goals, Yu ChuanYong said: "chart on MelOn's music ranking within the top 100!" He added: "If it is 101st, we may also be secretly happy..." At the same time. He also guaranteed that they wouldn't spend money to manipulate the charts, "Although you can spend money to buy it, but newcomers will be seen through quickly. The statistics including the stage are too few, and they will be discovered soon. In that case, they can only go back to Taiwan directly."
Source: https://www.nownews.com/news/6407037
Mainly translated by Google Translation and ChatGPT, then revised by me.
2024.04.24 00:24 No-School-1065 TrueCrimeChu 🗣️
As of today Tophia has gone on an Anti-Tiktok rant and stating she is glad tiktok is going be banned. She is now claiming that she will put her energy into making Youtube videos. One of the topics she keeps mentioning is true crime…
LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHINGin Tophias voice
I am a follower of true crime podcasts and/or documentaries. True crime is a very sensitive topic to cover, a topic Tophia has no business venturing in.
There are dedicated people behind most podcasts that spend hours making sure they cover every detail correctly, do research on/if any family members have voiced issues with the topic of their loved ones stories being told. Even with all that there have been issues. Proper citing is so important in these cases. Any information not found on their own needs be properly credited and cited. These are responsibilities beyond Tophia’s capabilities.
If ever posted, they will be flagged and taken down, as they should be.
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LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHINGin Tophias voice
I am a follower of true crime podcasts and/or documentaries. True crime is a very sensitive topic to cover, a topic Tophia has no business venturing in.
There are dedicated people behind most podcasts that spend hours making sure they cover every detail correctly, do research on/if any family members have voiced issues with the topic of their loved ones stories being told. Even with all that there have been issues. Proper citing is so important in these cases. Any information not found on their own needs be properly credited and cited. These are responsibilities beyond Tophia’s capabilities.
If ever posted, they will be flagged and taken down, as they should be.
2024.04.23 00:10 adventurepaul What's new in e-commerce? 🔥 Week of Apr 22nd, 2024
Hi ShopifyeCommerce - I'm Paul and I follow the e-commerce industry closely for my Shopifreaks E-commerce Newsletter. Each week I post a summary recap of the week's top stories, which I cover in depth in the newsletter. Let's dive in...
STAT OF THE WEEK: 90% of Americans know about Temu. However despite the brand awareness, more than 56% have never made a purchase. More than half the survey respondents said they heard of Temu because of ads for the online marketplace. — According to DigitalCommerce360
The Wall Street Journal published a massive exposé last week about the secret and borderline illegal ways that Amazon has gathered trade secrets on its competitors during the past decade. The operation, called Big River Services International, is a company owned by Amazon that sells around $1M a year of products through competing platforms such as Walmart, eBay, Best Buy, Overstock, and Flipkart, so that Amazon can get an inside glimpse into how these marketplaces operate. By posing as a seller on competing marketplaces, Big River has been able to obtain proprietary information about their pricing data, logistics, and payment services, which they then shared with Amazon higher ups to incorporate into decisions about its own business. Although all companies research their competitors, lawyers say there is a fine line between normal corporate intelligence gathering of publicly available information and corporate espionage.
TikTok Shop is launching a secondhand luxury category in the U.K., putting it in direct competition with Poshmark, The RealReal, Vestiaire Collective, Depop, Mercari, and other secondhand marketplaces. The category has already existed in TikTok Shop U.S. for over six months. The new category allows customers in the U.K. to purchase pre-owned high-end clothing, handbags, and accessories, beginning with just five brands initially including Sellier, Luxe Collective, Sign of the Times, HardlyEverWornIt, and Break Archive. Like other resale marketplaces, TikTok Shop has an anti-counterfeit policy that guarantees a full refund if a buyer is sold a counterfeit product. All secondhand brands in the U.S. are required to have certificates from third-party authenticators such as Entrupy and Real Authentication, but initially in the U.K., partner brands will be using their own in-house authentication process.
In other TikTok news… The House of Representatives passed legislation (again) that could trigger a nationwide ban of the app if its Chinese owner does not sell. This time the ban was attached to a sweeping foreign aid bill that provides support for Ukraine and Israel, so now the Senate has to choose between helping allies and keeping TikTok unbanned. Can't have both apparently.
Meta announced that its newest large language model, Llama-3, is the “most capable” and “best open source model” currently available on the market. The company's blog post minced no words about claiming it was the best. Meta also says that its new model creates “sharper and higher quality” images and has a “better ability to include text in images.”
Wix is now allowing freelancers and agencies who are part of its Studio platform to sell their website templates directly within the Wix Marketplace. All available templates for sale must pass a review for quality and usability before being listed. Wix has historically offered a selection of free templates provided by the company itself. Additionally Wix users could code their own templates by themselves or with the help of Wix's AI Site Generator which launched last July. Now with the new ability to sell templates, Wix can increase its selection of ready-to-publish site templates via leveraging its partner network, as well as create new revenue opportunities for them.
Following its successful debut in Europe, Klarna is now preparing to extend its credit card offering to consumers in the U.S. The card, which will be issued by Utah-based WebBank, will allow customers to buy products in any brick-and-mortar or e-commerce store that accepts Visa with the ability to pay for the purchase in either three or six month installments. On other words, Klarna's credit card brings its BNPL payment option to any store that accepts Visa, even if the store doesn't offer its own dedicated BNPL offering.
The EU's Data Protection Board told very large online platforms, particularly looking in Meta's direction, that they cannot offer users a binary choice between paying for a service and consenting to their personal data being used to provide targeted advertising. The opinion published last week follows complaints by consumer and privacy organizations about Meta's decision to introduce a €9.99/month (or €12.99/month on iOS and Android) premium plan for users who do not want their personal data used for targeted advertising. Meta believes that the EDPB's opinion is contrary to what the EU courts ruled last year, and doesn't plan on changing its model solely based on this new opinion. So it looks like the Data Protection Board is going to have to fight this battle in court if that opinion is to be enforced, as Meta won't be doing it voluntarily.
Two weeks ago, I reported that Amazon is removing its Just Walk Out cashierless checkouts from its Fresh supermarkets in the US and instead will rely more heavily on Dash Carts. Amazon said that it will continue to license the Just Walk Out cashierless system to third parties, to which I commented that as a retailer, I personally wouldn't invest in a technology that Amazon is removing from its own stores, as it doesn't show much confidence in the tech. However apparently Amazon doesn't think it'll be a problem that it's shuttering the tech in its own stores because last week the company said that it plans to push its Just Walk Out technology into more third-party stores this year, increasing its count from the 140 stores that currently use it.
Amazon also said that it's planning on bringing its Dash Carts to more supermarkets, including all of its own Amazon Fresh stores in the U.S. and selected Whole Foods locations, as well as third-party grocers. Amazon claims that customers who use Dash Carts spend 10% more than normal shoppers in Amazon Fresh stores, and that more than 80% of daily Dash Cart transactions are from repeat users. In a blog post, Amazon also discredited The Information's report that its AI cashierless tools relied on thousands of humans behind the scenes. They wrote, “The erroneous reports that Just Walk Out technology relies on human reviewers watching from afar is untrue. Most AI systems, including the underlying ML models behind these technologies, are continuously improved by annotating synthetic (AI generated) and real shopping data.”
BigCommerce announced over 100 significant platform enhancements, new features, and integrations as part of its first ever BigCommerce Editions Summer '24 Next Big Thing product launch, which breaks down which features are currently available, coming soon, or on a waitlist. The company says in its video that these features are designed to enable “commerce without compromise, helping you to grow and stand out from your competition.” Upcoming features include multi-address shipping, localized blog content, new Google Retail AI integrations, and more. Lots in store for the newly profitable BigCommerce 2.0!
Shopify is taking an unconventional approach to raises by making its 8,300 employees compete against each other to qualify for more pay. According to The Information, Shopify assigns employees a numerical score to represent their skill level, which can only increase if their skill level improves faster than colleagues. Feels a little Squid Game-ish.
Amazon will account for 40.4% of U.S. retail e-commerce sales, or a total of $491B this year, according to an eMarketer report. Among major U.S. retailers, only Walmart is growing its e-commerce sales faster than Amazon at 13.6% compared with Amazon's 10.5%.
This makes sense given that Amazon Prime had 180M members in March, which accounts for 75% of all U.S. shoppers, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. This represents an 8% increase from 2023.
The share of consumers carrying cash is on the decline, at 81% as of April 2023, down from 84% in August 2020 and 94% in July 2018. The most common reason given for not carrying cash is that other payment methods are easier or more convenient to use.
commercetools made three announcements at its Elevate conference: 1) They integrated PayPal's new Fastlane feature, a one-click guest checkout experience designed to speed up the checkout process for consumers. 2) They launched a new B2B offering called Blueprint for B2B Manufacturing, which streamlines implementation and speed time-to-market for manufacturers. 3) They launched Community, a platform designed to foster enhanced support, communication, and collaboration among customers and partners.
Walmart Marketplace and Cart.com teamed up to allow customers using Cart.com's multichannel management platform to access special incentives across Walmart's shipping, advertising, and repricing services, as well as support for onboarding and customer success. Cart will use its multichannel selling capabilities and Constellation AI features to make it more efficient for brands to sell and list products on the marketplace and leverage Walmart's customer base, infrastructure, and fulfillment network.
Amazon introduced a free, shoppable, ad-supported channel to its Prime Video and Freevee streaming service, which allows U.S. consumers to browse, shop, and engage with content they're watching on their TV screen via mobile devices. The channel utilizes Amazon's “shop the show” technology, which integrates its mobile app with onscreen content to showcase a carousel highlighting the featured products being depicted on television in real time.
None of the ad transparency tools created by 11 of the world's largest tech companies operate as effectively as needed, according to a report by Mozilla and CheckFirst research. The study, which tested the transparency of tools using over 20 parameters regarding functionality, data accessibility, and accuracy, found that the repositories are plagued by missing data, bugs, shoddy features, and unacceptable shortfalls.
Post News, the Twitter alternative founded by Noam Bardin, the previous CEO of Waze, and backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Scott Galloway, is shutting down just a year and a half after launching in beta. Bardin said in a statement, “At the end of the day, our service is not growing fast enough to become a real business or a significant platform.. we have not managed to find the right product combination to make it happen.”
MercadoLibre plans to increase total staff by 30% this year by hiring 18,000 people as it seeks to grow its business in Mexico and other Latin American countries, a hiring spree which will bring its headcount to around 76,000 full time workers. The company has been seeking to expand operations in Mexico, which was its number three market by revenue in 2023, behind only Brazil and Argentina.
Target is reducing the selection and quantity of DVDs it will sell in its retail stores, transitioning most of the sales online, with the physical stores only carrying new releases during key times of the year moving forward. Best Buy made a similar move last October, abolishing all physical media from its stores other than video games, leaving Walmart as the physical media king with over 45% market share.
Best Buy launched an AR app called Best Buy Envision, designed exclusively for the Apple Vision Pro that offers real-time product previews. The app allows consumers to see how a product would appear in their space in terms of size, style, and color before making a purchase, showcasing products in 3D and providing essential information like ratings, reviews, and pricing.
Kraft Heinz Co. and Mattel Inc are teaming up to produce a “Barbiecue” sauce — a limited edition pink colored sauce with Barbie branding on the label. The company first gauged interest on social media last summer, when a Facebook post generated 464k likes and 71k comments. From there, product development took about six months.
The House Financial Services Committee voted to block a rule that would cap credit card late fees as soon as next month. Chairman Patrick McHenry said in a statement, “The credit card late fee rule fails to acknowledge the role certain fees play in encouraging timely payments. It will harm consumers by shifting costs to responsible consumers who pay on time in the form of higher annual fees and higher interest rates.” I call BS on that though. The credit card landscape is still very competitive and “responsible consumers” wouldn't sit back, do nothing, and absorb higher fees — they'd move on to a different card with better fees / rates. Capping late fees would've only protected consumers who need a break.
Grubhub teamed up with Mercato, an online marketplace for independent grocery stores, to bring its inventory of more than 950 merchants across the US to the Grubhub Marketplace. This is the first time Mercato has teamed up with a third-party delivery company.
Last week I reported that Coupang was raising its monthly membership fee for new users by 58%. Now its biggest competitors, Naver and Shinsegae Group, are going all-out to take advantage of the decision by running promotions on their own paid membership programs. However Coupang isn't worried because neither competitor can match its ultra-fast Rocket Delivery service.
Here's what Coupang should actually worry about… Amazon introduced free shipping benefits for South Korean consumers last week for orders exceeding $49. While delivery times fluctuate depending on the product, and even Amazon can't beat Coupang's fast delivery network, Amazon ensures that it'll hit the estimated delivery times indicated during checkout.
Dollar General opened its 20,000th store in February with the opening of its latest store in southeastern Texas. The company plans to complete 2,385 real estate related projects this year including opening 800 new stores, remodeling 1,500 locations, and relocating 85 stores. There's currently about one Dollar General for every 16k Americans.
MarketForce, the Y Combinator-backed Kenyan startup founded in 2018, is shutting down RejaReja, its B2B e-commerce platform, citing the razor-thin margins of B2B e-commerce businesses and profitability struggles as contributing factors to the decision. The company's co-founder, Tesh Mbaabu, shared that he and his co-founder will be pivoting to a company called Chpter, which focuses on empowering online merchants through conversational commerce in Africa.
Amazon's packaging has been getting more efficient in recent years thanks to its multimodal AI model called the Package Decision Engine, which is tasked with selecting the right box, bag, or wrapper for each package it ships. The AI model interprets pictures and text to choose the best shipping materials, which has helped the company cut out 2M tons of plastic and cardboard since 2015.
Tesla confirmed that it spent $200k to advertise on X so far, despite Elon Musk famously saying that he despises advertising and that Tesla doesn't pay to advertise. X users reported starting to see Tesla ads on X starting in February 2024.
Meta may launch ads on its Threads platform as early as the second half of this year, likely to be integrated into Meta's ad platform, Advantage+, alongside existing options for Facebook and Instagram. Initial ad formats are anticipated to include in-feed placements, with potential expansions to trends and topic selections.
Alibaba Group announced that its CEO, Eddie Wu, would now be directly overseeing its domestic e-commerce arm which includes Taobao and Tmall Group. Wu has been CEO since September, when he also took over the company's cloud business, which means he will now be leading the company's two most important divisions.
Seven amateur criminals rented heavy equipment from Home Depot locations in Washington and Colorado using stolen credit cards, and then sold the machinery on Facebook Marketplace. The funniest part is that the criminals would often use their real driver's licenses for the required identification to rent the machines, so they were easy to find!
TAKE HER DOWN: eBay Stalking Scandal, a documentary short that tells the story of when eBay executives threatened and stalked Ina and David Steiner of EcommerceBytes for publishing blog posts critical of the company, is set to be released on April 25th. Filmmakers Ray and Nicole Ward ,a brother and sister production team, are initially releasing the 15 minute short on YouTube, with the possibility of developing it into a feature length version later this year. You can watch the teaser on YouTube.
U.S. parcel volumes reached 21.65B shipments in 2023, a 0.5% increase from the year prior. Amazon and alternative carriers posted strong volume gains, while FedEx and UPS both saw a decline.
I hope you found this recap helpful. See you next week!
For more details on each story and sources, see the full edition: https://www.shopifreaks.com/project-curiosity-secondhand-wars-consent-or-pay/
What else is new in e-commerce? Share stories of interesting in the comments below (including in your own business) or on shopifreaks.
-PAUL Editor of Shopifreaks E-commerce Newsletter
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BigCommerce announced over 100 significant platform enhancements, new features, and integrations as part of its first ever BigCommerce Editions Summer '24 Next Big Thing product launch, which breaks down which features are currently available, coming soon, or on a waitlist. The company says in its video that these features are designed to enable “commerce without compromise, helping you to grow and stand out from your competition.” Upcoming features include multi-address shipping, localized blog content, new Google Retail AI integrations, and more. Lots in store for the newly profitable BigCommerce 2.0!
For more details on each story and sources, see the full edition: https://www.shopifreaks.com/project-curiosity-secondhand-wars-consent-or-pay/
What else is new in e-commerce? Share stories of interesting in the comments below (including in your own business) or on shopifreaks.
-PAUL Editor of Shopifreaks E-commerce Newsletter
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2024.04.23 00:02 adventurepaul E-commerce Industry News Recap 🔥 Week of Apr 22nd, 2024
Hi ecommerce - I'm Paul and I follow the e-commerce industry closely for my Shopifreaks E-commerce Newsletter. Each week I post a summary recap of the week's top stories, which I cover in depth with sources in the full edition. Let's dive in...
STAT OF THE WEEK: 90% of Americans know about Temu. However despite the brand awareness, more than 56% have never made a purchase. More than half the survey respondents said they heard of Temu because of ads for the online marketplace. — According to DigitalCommerce360
The Wall Street Journal published a massive exposé last week about the secret and borderline illegal ways that Amazon has gathered trade secrets on its competitors during the past decade. The operation, called Big River Services International, is a company owned by Amazon that sells around $1M a year of products through competing platforms such as Walmart, eBay, Best Buy, Overstock, and Flipkart, so that Amazon can get an inside glimpse into how these marketplaces operate. By posing as a seller on competing marketplaces, Big River has been able to obtain proprietary information about their pricing data, logistics, and payment services, which they then shared with Amazon higher ups to incorporate into decisions about its own business. Although all companies research their competitors, lawyers say there is a fine line between normal corporate intelligence gathering of publicly available information and corporate espionage.
TikTok Shop is launching a secondhand luxury category in the U.K., putting it in direct competition with Poshmark, The RealReal, Vestiaire Collective, Depop, Mercari, and other secondhand marketplaces. The category has already existed in TikTok Shop U.S. for over six months. The new category allows customers in the U.K. to purchase pre-owned high-end clothing, handbags, and accessories, beginning with just five brands initially including Sellier, Luxe Collective, Sign of the Times, HardlyEverWornIt, and Break Archive. Like other resale marketplaces, TikTok Shop has an anti-counterfeit policy that guarantees a full refund if a buyer is sold a counterfeit product. All secondhand brands in the U.S. are required to have certificates from third-party authenticators such as Entrupy and Real Authentication, but initially in the U.K., partner brands will be using their own in-house authentication process.
In other TikTok news… The House of Representatives passed legislation (again) that could trigger a nationwide ban of the app if its Chinese owner does not sell. This time the ban was attached to a sweeping foreign aid bill that provides support for Ukraine and Israel, so now the Senate has to choose between helping allies and keeping TikTok unbanned. Can't have both apparently.
Meta announced that its newest large language model, Llama-3, is the “most capable” and “best open source model” currently available on the market. The company's blog post minced no words about claiming it was the best. Meta also says that its new model creates “sharper and higher quality” images and has a “better ability to include text in images.”
Wix is now allowing freelancers and agencies who are part of its Studio platform to sell their website templates directly within the Wix Marketplace. All available templates for sale must pass a review for quality and usability before being listed. Wix has historically offered a selection of free templates provided by the company itself. Additionally Wix users could code their own templates by themselves or with the help of Wix's AI Site Generator which launched last July. Now with the new ability to sell templates, Wix can increase its selection of ready-to-publish site templates via leveraging its partner network, as well as create new revenue opportunities for them.
Following its successful debut in Europe, Klarna is now preparing to extend its credit card offering to consumers in the U.S. The card, which will be issued by Utah-based WebBank, will allow customers to buy products in any brick-and-mortar or e-commerce store that accepts Visa with the ability to pay for the purchase in either three or six month installments. On other words, Klarna's credit card brings its BNPL payment option to any store that accepts Visa, even if the store doesn't offer its own dedicated BNPL offering.
The EU's Data Protection Board told very large online platforms, particularly looking in Meta's direction, that they cannot offer users a binary choice between paying for a service and consenting to their personal data being used to provide targeted advertising. The opinion published last week follows complaints by consumer and privacy organizations about Meta's decision to introduce a €9.99/month (or €12.99/month on iOS and Android) premium plan for users who do not want their personal data used for targeted advertising. Meta believes that the EDPB's opinion is contrary to what the EU courts ruled last year, and doesn't plan on changing its model solely based on this new opinion. So it looks like the Data Protection Board is going to have to fight this battle in court if that opinion is to be enforced, as Meta won't be doing it voluntarily.
Two weeks ago, I reported that Amazon is removing its Just Walk Out cashierless checkouts from its Fresh supermarkets in the US and instead will rely more heavily on Dash Carts. Amazon said that it will continue to license the Just Walk Out cashierless system to third parties, to which I commented that as a retailer, I personally wouldn't invest in a technology that Amazon is removing from its own stores, as it doesn't show much confidence in the tech. However apparently Amazon doesn't think it'll be a problem that it's shuttering the tech in its own stores because last week the company said that it plans to push its Just Walk Out technology into more third-party stores this year, increasing its count from the 140 stores that currently use it.
Amazon also said that it's planning on bringing its Dash Carts to more supermarkets, including all of its own Amazon Fresh stores in the U.S. and selected Whole Foods locations, as well as third-party grocers. Amazon claims that customers who use Dash Carts spend 10% more than normal shoppers in Amazon Fresh stores, and that more than 80% of daily Dash Cart transactions are from repeat users. In a blog post, Amazon also discredited The Information's report that its AI cashierless tools relied on thousands of humans behind the scenes. They wrote, “The erroneous reports that Just Walk Out technology relies on human reviewers watching from afar is untrue. Most AI systems, including the underlying ML models behind these technologies, are continuously improved by annotating synthetic (AI generated) and real shopping data.”
BigCommerce announced over 100 significant platform enhancements, new features, and integrations as part of its first ever BigCommerce Editions Summer '24 Next Big Thing product launch, which breaks down which features are currently available, coming soon, or on a waitlist. The company says in its video that these features are designed to enable “commerce without compromise, helping you to grow and stand out from your competition.” Upcoming features include multi-address shipping, localized blog content, new Google Retail AI integrations, and more. Lots in store for the newly profitable BigCommerce 2.0!
Shopify is taking an unconventional approach to raises by making its 8,300 employees compete against each other to qualify for more pay. According to The Information, Shopify assigns employees a numerical score to represent their skill level, which can only increase if their skill level improves faster than colleagues. Feels a little Squid Game-ish.
Amazon will account for 40.4% of U.S. retail e-commerce sales, or a total of $491B this year, according to an eMarketer report. Among major U.S. retailers, only Walmart is growing its e-commerce sales faster than Amazon at 13.6% compared with Amazon's 10.5%.
This makes sense given that Amazon Prime had 180M members in March, which accounts for 75% of all U.S. shoppers, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. This represents an 8% increase from 2023.
The share of consumers carrying cash is on the decline, at 81% as of April 2023, down from 84% in August 2020 and 94% in July 2018. The most common reason given for not carrying cash is that other payment methods are easier or more convenient to use.
commercetools made three announcements at its Elevate conference: 1) They integrated PayPal's new Fastlane feature, a one-click guest checkout experience designed to speed up the checkout process for consumers. 2) They launched a new B2B offering called Blueprint for B2B Manufacturing, which streamlines implementation and speed time-to-market for manufacturers. 3) They launched Community, a platform designed to foster enhanced support, communication, and collaboration among customers and partners.
Walmart Marketplace and Cart.com teamed up to allow customers using Cart.com's multichannel management platform to access special incentives across Walmart's shipping, advertising, and repricing services, as well as support for onboarding and customer success. Cart.com will use its multichannel selling capabilities and Constellation AI features to make it more efficient for brands to sell and list products on the marketplace and leverage Walmart's customer base, infrastructure, and fulfillment network.
Amazon introduced a free, shoppable, ad-supported channel to its Prime Video and Freevee streaming service, which allows U.S. consumers to browse, shop, and engage with content they're watching on their TV screen via mobile devices. The channel utilizes Amazon's “shop the show” technology, which integrates its mobile app with onscreen content to showcase a carousel highlighting the featured products being depicted on television in real time.
None of the ad transparency tools created by 11 of the world's largest tech companies operate as effectively as needed, according to a report by Mozilla and CheckFirst research. The study, which tested the transparency of tools using over 20 parameters regarding functionality, data accessibility, and accuracy, found that the repositories are plagued by missing data, bugs, shoddy features, and unacceptable shortfalls.
Post News, the Twitter alternative founded by Noam Bardin, the previous CEO of Waze, and backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Scott Galloway, is shutting down just a year and a half after launching in beta. Bardin said in a statement, “At the end of the day, our service is not growing fast enough to become a real business or a significant platform.. we have not managed to find the right product combination to make it happen.”
MercadoLibre plans to increase total staff by 30% this year by hiring 18,000 people as it seeks to grow its business in Mexico and other Latin American countries, a hiring spree which will bring its headcount to around 76,000 full time workers. The company has been seeking to expand operations in Mexico, which was its number three market by revenue in 2023, behind only Brazil and Argentina.
Target is reducing the selection and quantity of DVDs it will sell in its retail stores, transitioning most of the sales online, with the physical stores only carrying new releases during key times of the year moving forward. Best Buy made a similar move last October, abolishing all physical media from its stores other than video games, leaving Walmart as the physical media king with over 45% market share.
Best Buy launched an AR app called Best Buy Envision, designed exclusively for the Apple Vision Pro that offers real-time product previews. The app allows consumers to see how a product would appear in their space in terms of size, style, and color before making a purchase, showcasing products in 3D and providing essential information like ratings, reviews, and pricing.
Kraft Heinz Co. and Mattel Inc are teaming up to produce a “Barbiecue” sauce — a limited edition pink colored sauce with Barbie branding on the label. The company first gauged interest on social media last summer, when a Facebook post generated 464k likes and 71k comments. From there, product development took about six months.
The House Financial Services Committee voted to block a rule that would cap credit card late fees as soon as next month. Chairman Patrick McHenry said in a statement, “The credit card late fee rule fails to acknowledge the role certain fees play in encouraging timely payments. It will harm consumers by shifting costs to responsible consumers who pay on time in the form of higher annual fees and higher interest rates.” I call BS on that though. The credit card landscape is still very competitive and “responsible consumers” wouldn't sit back, do nothing, and absorb higher fees — they'd move on to a different card with better fees / rates. Capping late fees would've only protected consumers who need a break.
Grubhub teamed up with Mercato, an online marketplace for independent grocery stores, to bring its inventory of more than 950 merchants across the US to the Grubhub Marketplace. This is the first time Mercato has teamed up with a third-party delivery company.
Last week I reported that Coupang was raising its monthly membership fee for new users by 58%. Now its biggest competitors, Naver and Shinsegae Group, are going all-out to take advantage of the decision by running promotions on their own paid membership programs. However Coupang isn't worried because neither competitor can match its ultra-fast Rocket Delivery service.
Here's what Coupang should actually worry about… Amazon introduced free shipping benefits for South Korean consumers last week for orders exceeding $49. While delivery times fluctuate depending on the product, and even Amazon can't beat Coupang's fast delivery network, Amazon ensures that it'll hit the estimated delivery times indicated during checkout.
Dollar General opened its 20,000th store in February with the opening of its latest store in southeastern Texas. The company plans to complete 2,385 real estate related projects this year including opening 800 new stores, remodeling 1,500 locations, and relocating 85 stores. There's currently about one Dollar General for every 16k Americans.
MarketForce, the Y Combinator-backed Kenyan startup founded in 2018, is shutting down RejaReja, its B2B e-commerce platform, citing the razor-thin margins of B2B e-commerce businesses and profitability struggles as contributing factors to the decision. The company's co-founder, Tesh Mbaabu, shared that he and his co-founder will be pivoting to a company called Chpter, which focuses on empowering online merchants through conversational commerce in Africa.
Amazon's packaging has been getting more efficient in recent years thanks to its multimodal AI model called the Package Decision Engine, which is tasked with selecting the right box, bag, or wrapper for each package it ships. The AI model interprets pictures and text to choose the best shipping materials, which has helped the company cut out 2M tons of plastic and cardboard since 2015.
Tesla confirmed that it spent $200k to advertise on X so far, despite Elon Musk famously saying that he despises advertising and that Tesla doesn't pay to advertise. X users reported starting to see Tesla ads on X starting in February 2024.
Meta may launch ads on its Threads platform as early as the second half of this year, likely to be integrated into Meta's ad platform, Advantage+, alongside existing options for Facebook and Instagram. Initial ad formats are anticipated to include in-feed placements, with potential expansions to trends and topic selections.
Alibaba Group announced that its CEO, Eddie Wu, would now be directly overseeing its domestic e-commerce arm which includes Taobao and Tmall Group. Wu has been CEO since September, when he also took over the company's cloud business, which means he will now be leading the company's two most important divisions.
Seven amateur criminals rented heavy equipment from Home Depot locations in Washington and Colorado using stolen credit cards, and then sold the machinery on Facebook Marketplace. The funniest part is that the criminals would often use their real driver's licenses for the required identification to rent the machines, so they were easy to find!
TAKE HER DOWN: eBay Stalking Scandal, a documentary short that tells the story of when eBay executives threatened and stalked Ina and David Steiner of EcommerceBytes for publishing blog posts critical of the company, is set to be released on April 25th. Filmmakers Ray and Nicole Ward ,a brother and sister production team, are initially releasing the 15 minute short on YouTube, with the possibility of developing it into a feature length version later this year. You can watch the teaser on YouTube.
U.S. parcel volumes reached 21.65B shipments in 2023, a 0.5% increase from the year prior. Amazon and alternative carriers posted strong volume gains, while FedEx and UPS both saw a decline.
I hope you found this recap helpful. See you next week!
PAUL
Editor of Shopifreaks E-Commerce Newsletter
PS: If I missed any big news this week, please share in the comments.
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STAT OF THE WEEK: 90% of Americans know about Temu. However despite the brand awareness, more than 56% have never made a purchase. More than half the survey respondents said they heard of Temu because of ads for the online marketplace. — According to DigitalCommerce360
Dollar General opened its 20,000th store in February with the opening of its latest store in southeastern Texas. The company plans to complete 2,385 real estate related projects this year including opening 800 new stores, remodeling 1,500 locations, and relocating 85 stores. There's currently about one Dollar General for every 16k Americans.
MarketForce, the Y Combinator-backed Kenyan startup founded in 2018, is shutting down RejaReja, its B2B e-commerce platform, citing the razor-thin margins of B2B e-commerce businesses and profitability struggles as contributing factors to the decision. The company's co-founder, Tesh Mbaabu, shared that he and his co-founder will be pivoting to a company called Chpter, which focuses on empowering online merchants through conversational commerce in Africa.
Amazon's packaging has been getting more efficient in recent years thanks to its multimodal AI model called the Package Decision Engine, which is tasked with selecting the right box, bag, or wrapper for each package it ships. The AI model interprets pictures and text to choose the best shipping materials, which has helped the company cut out 2M tons of plastic and cardboard since 2015.
Tesla confirmed that it spent $200k to advertise on X so far, despite Elon Musk famously saying that he despises advertising and that Tesla doesn't pay to advertise. X users reported starting to see Tesla ads on X starting in February 2024.
Meta may launch ads on its Threads platform as early as the second half of this year, likely to be integrated into Meta's ad platform, Advantage+, alongside existing options for Facebook and Instagram. Initial ad formats are anticipated to include in-feed placements, with potential expansions to trends and topic selections.
Alibaba Group announced that its CEO, Eddie Wu, would now be directly overseeing its domestic e-commerce arm which includes Taobao and Tmall Group. Wu has been CEO since September, when he also took over the company's cloud business, which means he will now be leading the company's two most important divisions.
Seven amateur criminals rented heavy equipment from Home Depot locations in Washington and Colorado using stolen credit cards, and then sold the machinery on Facebook Marketplace. The funniest part is that the criminals would often use their real driver's licenses for the required identification to rent the machines, so they were easy to find!
TAKE HER DOWN: eBay Stalking Scandal, a documentary short that tells the story of when eBay executives threatened and stalked Ina and David Steiner of EcommerceBytes for publishing blog posts critical of the company, is set to be released on April 25th. Filmmakers Ray and Nicole Ward ,a brother and sister production team, are initially releasing the 15 minute short on YouTube, with the possibility of developing it into a feature length version later this year. You can watch the teaser on YouTube.
U.S. parcel volumes reached 21.65B shipments in 2023, a 0.5% increase from the year prior. Amazon and alternative carriers posted strong volume gains, while FedEx and UPS both saw a decline.
I hope you found this recap helpful. See you next week!
PAUL
Editor of Shopifreaks E-Commerce Newsletter
PS: If I missed any big news this week, please share in the comments.
2024.04.22 15:58 Cryptocasinos_online How the Pelayos Broke the Roulette Wheel: The Story of Human Endurance and Mathematics.
Few stories in the casino gambling world can fire the imagination as strongly as the legend of the Pelayo family from Spain.
By some small coincidence, this seemingly typical family in the 1990s turned out to be extraordinary in something: they managed to use mathematical analysis combined with careful observation to outplay the world's leading casinos legally. The story of their lives is a story not of success, but of an intellectual, brilliant plan that can triumph over chance. At the center of this incredible story is Gonzalo García-Pelayo. He is a record producer and director by profession. His love of mathematics and probability theory soon turned into a burning desire to scrutinize possible deformations in roulette wheels.
Gonzalo realizes that not all roulette wheels are completely random; mechanical imperfections, wear and tear in the slightest form, or structural imbalance can lead to deviations where certain numbers appear more times than others.
With this theory, Gonzalo and his family begin to prepare and go, such as to the Gran Madrid Casino. They then engage in a very laborious process: collecting data, recording thousands of spins, and noting where the ball landed each time. The rest, as they say, is history.
With such vast data at his disposal, he developed a computer program to process the results. His analysis finds patterns and biases in roulette wheels and indicates that statistically certain numbers appear more often. This is a pretty important discovery. This gives the Pelayos the boost they need to tip the scales in their favor. After determining what the goals are, the family begins making strategic bets on random numbers. Their strategy can be described as part patience, part precision - waiting for the right conditions and making bets that capitalize on the wheel's biases without attracting unwanted attention. His approach worked brilliantly. Over time, the Pelayos have amassed millions of dollars from expanding their operations from Madrid to the casinos of Las Vegas, Australia, and across Europe.
The Pelayo family's success did not go unnoticed.
However, the casinos, whenever they lost money and felt that their impeccable reputation was threatened, started suing the family to ban the family from their premises. Their argument is quite simple. Their strategy is tantamount to fraud.
However, the courts upheld the case in favor of the Pelayos, who stated that their path was through the intelligent application of analytical skills and research, which was not illegal.
Stories like the Pelayo family are what makes them part of gambling folklore and even inspire authors to write books, researchers to make documentaries, or movie producers to make movies. Their story is quite often cited as one of the prime examples of how a deep understanding of probability combined with meticulous research can bear fruit and lead to phenomenal success in an environment that is highly hostile.
Today, their legacy continues in the casino industry, which is becoming more vigilant in the care and inspection of gaming equipment. For gamblers and mathematicians, the story of the Pelayo family is an example of what hard work, teamwork, and human intelligence can do. The Pelayo family not only changed their financial situation but also how the casino was played in many ways. It's a reminder of the fact that sometimes it's not best to play the game but to understand it better than anyone else. This story of the Pelayo family is a powerful, inspiring account of how an intuitive understanding of mathematics and a sense of team spirit can help push boundaries and thus make the seemingly impossible possible.
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By some small coincidence, this seemingly typical family in the 1990s turned out to be extraordinary in something: they managed to use mathematical analysis combined with careful observation to outplay the world's leading casinos legally. The story of their lives is a story not of success, but of an intellectual, brilliant plan that can triumph over chance. At the center of this incredible story is Gonzalo García-Pelayo. He is a record producer and director by profession. His love of mathematics and probability theory soon turned into a burning desire to scrutinize possible deformations in roulette wheels.
Gonzalo realizes that not all roulette wheels are completely random; mechanical imperfections, wear and tear in the slightest form, or structural imbalance can lead to deviations where certain numbers appear more times than others.
With this theory, Gonzalo and his family begin to prepare and go, such as to the Gran Madrid Casino. They then engage in a very laborious process: collecting data, recording thousands of spins, and noting where the ball landed each time. The rest, as they say, is history.
With such vast data at his disposal, he developed a computer program to process the results. His analysis finds patterns and biases in roulette wheels and indicates that statistically certain numbers appear more often. This is a pretty important discovery. This gives the Pelayos the boost they need to tip the scales in their favor. After determining what the goals are, the family begins making strategic bets on random numbers. Their strategy can be described as part patience, part precision - waiting for the right conditions and making bets that capitalize on the wheel's biases without attracting unwanted attention. His approach worked brilliantly. Over time, the Pelayos have amassed millions of dollars from expanding their operations from Madrid to the casinos of Las Vegas, Australia, and across Europe.
The Pelayo family's success did not go unnoticed.
However, the casinos, whenever they lost money and felt that their impeccable reputation was threatened, started suing the family to ban the family from their premises. Their argument is quite simple. Their strategy is tantamount to fraud.
However, the courts upheld the case in favor of the Pelayos, who stated that their path was through the intelligent application of analytical skills and research, which was not illegal.
Stories like the Pelayo family are what makes them part of gambling folklore and even inspire authors to write books, researchers to make documentaries, or movie producers to make movies. Their story is quite often cited as one of the prime examples of how a deep understanding of probability combined with meticulous research can bear fruit and lead to phenomenal success in an environment that is highly hostile.
Today, their legacy continues in the casino industry, which is becoming more vigilant in the care and inspection of gaming equipment. For gamblers and mathematicians, the story of the Pelayo family is an example of what hard work, teamwork, and human intelligence can do. The Pelayo family not only changed their financial situation but also how the casino was played in many ways. It's a reminder of the fact that sometimes it's not best to play the game but to understand it better than anyone else. This story of the Pelayo family is a powerful, inspiring account of how an intuitive understanding of mathematics and a sense of team spirit can help push boundaries and thus make the seemingly impossible possible.
2024.04.22 13:02 Mountain_tui INFO: The Crown versus the Waitangi Tribunal
Background on the Waitangi Tribunal:
The Waitangi Tribunal (Māori: Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi) is a New Zealand permanent commission of inquiry established under the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975. It is charged with investigating and making recommendations on claims relating to actions or omissions of the Crown, that breach the promises made in the Treaty of Waitangi.
The Waitangi Tribunal is not a formal court of law, however, it is considered part of the judiciary and is an adjunct to legal processes. In NZ's legal system there are 3 parts of the tripod: the executive, parliament, and the courts. Attacks on the judiciary are frowned upon, as is concentration of power in any one group.
Re: the case before the Courts
The Minister for Children versus the Waitangi Tribunal involves so much more than whether minister Karen Chhour should have been ordered by Judge Michael Doogan to appear before him.
It is about whether a promise made on the campaign trail - to repeal section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act - supersedes the Treaty of Waitangi principle to consult Māori on matters affecting Māori.
There is also an argument that says if a government consults over something it has already determined it will do, such consultation would be insincere.
Crown Law has pulled out its big guns to argue the case: Solicitor-General Una Jagose, the Government’s chief legal adviser and advocate, and Jason Varuhas, senior counsel at Crown Law and Professor of Law at Melbourne Law School (he gave the Robin Cooke lecture at Victoria University in 2023) alongside Kate Whiting.
The Crown’s strongest argument against compelling a minister to give evidence to the Waitangi Tribunal is the principle of comity, in which the courts and Parliament are expected to show mutual restraint and respect for the other’s role.
If the summons tested the principle of comity, Jones and Seymour trampled on it with their attacks on the Waitangi Tribunal: Jones likened it to a “star chamber” and Seymour suggested the tribunal should be wound up.The comments suggest that Act and New Zealand First have not made the adjustment from Opposition to Government. The comments they made would be barely acceptable from an Opposition MP but more moderation is expected of Government ministers.
FAQ:
Has the Waitangi Tribunal ever issued a summons to a government minister before?
Waitangi Tribunal director Steve Gunson says the tribunal has previously used its summonsing powers in other inquiries and he cited three, including in the Ngā Puhi mandate inquiry when summonsing former Prime Minister Jim Bolger in his capacity as a Crown negotiator. He also pointed out that other sitting ministers have given evidence, such as Chris Hipkins during the Covid-19 Priority Inquiry. But to the best of Gunson’s knowledge, the tribunal has never summonsed a sitting Government minister. Ministers have sometimes provided written statements.
Why is there an urgent inquiry?
The tribunal responds to claims that actions or omissions by the Crown breach the principles of the Treaty. In terms of legislation, it can only hear claims about proposed laws, not bills that have been introduced already. The Government plans to introduce a bill repealing section 7AA in mid-May. Deputy tribunal chair Sarah Reeves granted an urgent hearing on March 26 into the Government’s intention to repeal section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989. Three claimant groups are Ngāti Pukenga and Ngā Potiki, the Māori Women’s Welfare League and Ngāti Hine Lands Forests and Resources. The inquiry is known as Wai 3350.
What did Doogan ask of Chhour?
Two days after the urgent hearing was granted, Judge Doogan directed the Crown’s lawyers to get answers to eight questions:
“The Crown, through the responsible minister, is directed to respond to the following questions,” he said in his memo. The questions included things such as what policy problem this addresses, could that policy objective be better advanced by way of amendment rather than repeal of section 7AA, and if not, why not? Had the minister taken legal advice on the proposed repeal and its effects and if so, could the Crown please provide that advice to him, he wrote. Judge Doogan also wanted to know what would happen to the partnerships Oranga Tamariki had with iwi that were part of section 7AA - and he wanted answers within five working days. That was not the summons.
What was the Crown and Chhour’s response to the demand?
The Crown’s lawyers, Simon Barr and Lachlan Ewing, told the tribunal that Chhour would not be providing a written statement or appearing to give evidence. On April 5, it told the tribunal that Cabinet had already made a policy decision to repeal section 7AA, the reasons for and background of which were set out in Cabinet papers and the regulatory impact statement which the Crown was making available to the tribunal. It could also hear evidence from the head of Oranga Tamariki. The Crown gave the tribunal a bundle of documents “in the interests of candour and comity”, including Cabinet papers and totalling 118 pages.
What do the Cabinet papers and other documents say?
They show that Chhour does not have the support of her own ministry for the repeal, nor Te Puni Kokiri, the Ministry of Māori Development. Oranga Tamariki authored the regulatory impact statement setting out its concerns that there was no empirical evidence to back up the definition of the problem that repeal was attempting to address. In other advice, Oranga Tamariki acknowledges that section 7AA may have been used at times by social workers to justify care arrangements for Māori children which may not have been safe or in their best interests. “This is not consistent with the practice approach of Oranga Tamariki,” it said. Regarding partnerships with iwi, the Cabinet paper makes it clear that they will be unaffected by the repeal and there was nothing to stop new partnerships from being established.
Wasn’t there a case in the news recently about Oranga Tamariki?
Yes. Newsroom won an important case in the Court of Appeal. For three years, a documentary by Melanie Reid and Bonnie Sumner about a “reverse uplift” had been banned from publication but it can now be shown. It is about four children from a violent home who were placed with Pākehā foster parents in a “forever home” but following the introduction of section 7AA, things changed quickly and the children were uplifted to be placed with Māori relatives they had not known.
Was the Waitangi Tribunal satisfied with the bundle of documents it received?
No. Memos show Judge Doogan’s tone became slightly more conciliatory than his original “direction” to get answers from the minister. But he believed he was entitled to ask questions of her.
He cited his powers under the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 which states that “the chairperson of the tribunal, or any other person, being the presiding officer at a sitting of the tribunal or a member of the tribunal purporting to act by direction or with the authority of the chairperson may issue directions or conduct conferences; or may issue summonses requiring the attendance of witnesses before the tribunal, or the production of documents”.
He also said: “Crown counsel may be correct that the minister will not be able to add significant additional information from that already available to us from the documents, or otherwise available from the evidence to be given by the senior officials. We simply do not know at this point, but I believe we are entitled to ask.”
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The Waitangi Tribunal (Māori: Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi) is a New Zealand permanent commission of inquiry established under the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975. It is charged with investigating and making recommendations on claims relating to actions or omissions of the Crown, that breach the promises made in the Treaty of Waitangi.
The Waitangi Tribunal is not a formal court of law, however, it is considered part of the judiciary and is an adjunct to legal processes. In NZ's legal system there are 3 parts of the tripod: the executive, parliament, and the courts. Attacks on the judiciary are frowned upon, as is concentration of power in any one group.
Re: the case before the Courts
The Minister for Children versus the Waitangi Tribunal involves so much more than whether minister Karen Chhour should have been ordered by Judge Michael Doogan to appear before him.
It is about whether a promise made on the campaign trail - to repeal section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act - supersedes the Treaty of Waitangi principle to consult Māori on matters affecting Māori.
There is also an argument that says if a government consults over something it has already determined it will do, such consultation would be insincere.
Crown Law has pulled out its big guns to argue the case: Solicitor-General Una Jagose, the Government’s chief legal adviser and advocate, and Jason Varuhas, senior counsel at Crown Law and Professor of Law at Melbourne Law School (he gave the Robin Cooke lecture at Victoria University in 2023) alongside Kate Whiting.
The Crown’s strongest argument against compelling a minister to give evidence to the Waitangi Tribunal is the principle of comity, in which the courts and Parliament are expected to show mutual restraint and respect for the other’s role.
If the summons tested the principle of comity, Jones and Seymour trampled on it with their attacks on the Waitangi Tribunal: Jones likened it to a “star chamber” and Seymour suggested the tribunal should be wound up.The comments suggest that Act and New Zealand First have not made the adjustment from Opposition to Government. The comments they made would be barely acceptable from an Opposition MP but more moderation is expected of Government ministers.
FAQ:
Has the Waitangi Tribunal ever issued a summons to a government minister before?
Waitangi Tribunal director Steve Gunson says the tribunal has previously used its summonsing powers in other inquiries and he cited three, including in the Ngā Puhi mandate inquiry when summonsing former Prime Minister Jim Bolger in his capacity as a Crown negotiator. He also pointed out that other sitting ministers have given evidence, such as Chris Hipkins during the Covid-19 Priority Inquiry. But to the best of Gunson’s knowledge, the tribunal has never summonsed a sitting Government minister. Ministers have sometimes provided written statements.
Why is there an urgent inquiry?
The tribunal responds to claims that actions or omissions by the Crown breach the principles of the Treaty. In terms of legislation, it can only hear claims about proposed laws, not bills that have been introduced already. The Government plans to introduce a bill repealing section 7AA in mid-May. Deputy tribunal chair Sarah Reeves granted an urgent hearing on March 26 into the Government’s intention to repeal section 7AA of the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989. Three claimant groups are Ngāti Pukenga and Ngā Potiki, the Māori Women’s Welfare League and Ngāti Hine Lands Forests and Resources. The inquiry is known as Wai 3350.
What did Doogan ask of Chhour?
Two days after the urgent hearing was granted, Judge Doogan directed the Crown’s lawyers to get answers to eight questions:
“The Crown, through the responsible minister, is directed to respond to the following questions,” he said in his memo. The questions included things such as what policy problem this addresses, could that policy objective be better advanced by way of amendment rather than repeal of section 7AA, and if not, why not? Had the minister taken legal advice on the proposed repeal and its effects and if so, could the Crown please provide that advice to him, he wrote. Judge Doogan also wanted to know what would happen to the partnerships Oranga Tamariki had with iwi that were part of section 7AA - and he wanted answers within five working days. That was not the summons.
What was the Crown and Chhour’s response to the demand?
The Crown’s lawyers, Simon Barr and Lachlan Ewing, told the tribunal that Chhour would not be providing a written statement or appearing to give evidence. On April 5, it told the tribunal that Cabinet had already made a policy decision to repeal section 7AA, the reasons for and background of which were set out in Cabinet papers and the regulatory impact statement which the Crown was making available to the tribunal. It could also hear evidence from the head of Oranga Tamariki. The Crown gave the tribunal a bundle of documents “in the interests of candour and comity”, including Cabinet papers and totalling 118 pages.
What do the Cabinet papers and other documents say?
They show that Chhour does not have the support of her own ministry for the repeal, nor Te Puni Kokiri, the Ministry of Māori Development. Oranga Tamariki authored the regulatory impact statement setting out its concerns that there was no empirical evidence to back up the definition of the problem that repeal was attempting to address. In other advice, Oranga Tamariki acknowledges that section 7AA may have been used at times by social workers to justify care arrangements for Māori children which may not have been safe or in their best interests. “This is not consistent with the practice approach of Oranga Tamariki,” it said. Regarding partnerships with iwi, the Cabinet paper makes it clear that they will be unaffected by the repeal and there was nothing to stop new partnerships from being established.
Wasn’t there a case in the news recently about Oranga Tamariki?
Yes. Newsroom won an important case in the Court of Appeal. For three years, a documentary by Melanie Reid and Bonnie Sumner about a “reverse uplift” had been banned from publication but it can now be shown. It is about four children from a violent home who were placed with Pākehā foster parents in a “forever home” but following the introduction of section 7AA, things changed quickly and the children were uplifted to be placed with Māori relatives they had not known.
Was the Waitangi Tribunal satisfied with the bundle of documents it received?
No. Memos show Judge Doogan’s tone became slightly more conciliatory than his original “direction” to get answers from the minister. But he believed he was entitled to ask questions of her.
He cited his powers under the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 which states that “the chairperson of the tribunal, or any other person, being the presiding officer at a sitting of the tribunal or a member of the tribunal purporting to act by direction or with the authority of the chairperson may issue directions or conduct conferences; or may issue summonses requiring the attendance of witnesses before the tribunal, or the production of documents”.
He also said: “Crown counsel may be correct that the minister will not be able to add significant additional information from that already available to us from the documents, or otherwise available from the evidence to be given by the senior officials. We simply do not know at this point, but I believe we are entitled to ask.”
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2024.04.22 11:50 wiklr The Wall Between Brian Peck and Dan Schneider
IMO one of the reasons why people try to compare Dan & Brian's offenses is because the documentary separated them in story telling, rather than intertwined in their history.
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Their paths would cross in 1993 in ABC's Home Free, where Dan was part of the main cast and Brian was an extra. After working as a writer in All That, Dan briefly left Nickelodeon to make his own show, Guys Like Us at UPN. Brian was also in an episode as Happy Pants the Clown. And in 2002, LA Times cited Dan & Brian running comedy boot camps for kids while working for Nickelodeon.
In Dan's youtube video, he claimed it was Tollin/Robbins Productions who hired Brian Peck. In the Hollywood Reporter exclusive, it clarified Dan did not hire Peck on All That. Sources at Paramount said Brian Robbins (of Tollin/Robbins) was not involved in hiring Peck at Nickelodeon. This distinction is important because Brian Peck also appeared in Dan's first show as creator: The Amanda Show.
The Amanda Show ran between 1999-2002 and lasted 3 seasons. However it presented multiple problems each passing year. For one, splitting the salary of female writers Jenny Kilgen and Christy Straton where the issue was reported to the union. And in 2000, Jenny Kilgen sued the show's production company alleging gender discrimination, harassment and hostile work environment. Dan was said to behave inappropriately in the writer's room, asking female crew for massages and showing pornography from his computer. Raquel Lee left the series in the beginning of the 2nd season. In the Quiet on Set documentary, she talked about being neglected by the show when she raised her concerns about being disrespected & demeaned as a child actor. Then in 2001, Brian Peck's abuse against Drake Bell began. And finally in 2002, Amanda Bynes, the star of the show would decide to leave Nickelodeon to start in a new show What I Like About You at Warner Brothers.
(Brian Peck appeared in 2 episodes of What I like About You, and Dan Schneider wrote one episode he appeared in: S01E02)
Despite Amanda's parents firing her manager at Tollin/Robbins in 2003, Tollin/Robbins continued producing her show What I Like About You. Based on Taran Killam's Vulture interview, he said he shared the same manager as Amanda. Goldman was hired by Tollin/Robbins in 1997, then moved to Power Entertainment in 2004 taking Dan Schneider along with him. And in 2010, People Magazine reported that Amanda was spending a lot of time with Dan and his wife during the plans to emancipate her from her parents in 2003.
Also in 2003, two employees who both worked on The Amanda Show and All That were arrested for child sexual abuse.
Tollin/Robbins were still credited as executive producers on All That until 2005 but the collaboration between the network and the creator halted after. These series of events seemed to have severed the production company's relationship with Nickelodeon and also Dan Schneider.
Three people who wrote letters of support for Brian Peck, also worked on Drake & Josh:
Beth wrote 2 letters. The first was dated June 17, 2004. And the second one, containing the quote above was written October 5, 2004 - a mere two days before Brian was sentenced.
Taran did not have an extensive relationship with Brian compared to other letter writers. He wrote them when he was 22, before his career took off. According to SNLinReview, it was Dan who got Taran an agent while he was still at UCLA. In his case, he not only owes Brian, he also owes Dan. On top of also sharing the same manager as Dan.
Not only did Kimmy, Beth and Taran worked on a show created by Dan Schneider, they were also under his production company: Schneider's Bakery.
When asked whether Nickelodeon executives reached out, Drake said only Dan was there for him. And Dan said Drake's mom asked him for help to write her letter to the judge. Dan seemed to be a confidant for mother and son, but did he also know Brian Peck's friends and supporters were on set?
In Quiet on Set episode 5, they played a clip of Will Friedle from the Pod Meets World podcast stating:
We do know that Brian made friends with a lot of people. But Drake also said this:
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Two Pickles in a Pod
Early in their careers, both Dan & Brian worked on sex comedies, Last American Virgin and Hot Resort. Both films were written by the same person. Dan later worked with Brian's co-star and admitted to having a crush on her in a 2004 blog interview about Better Off Dead.Their paths would cross in 1993 in ABC's Home Free, where Dan was part of the main cast and Brian was an extra. After working as a writer in All That, Dan briefly left Nickelodeon to make his own show, Guys Like Us at UPN. Brian was also in an episode as Happy Pants the Clown. And in 2002, LA Times cited Dan & Brian running comedy boot camps for kids while working for Nickelodeon.
Who hired Brian Peck?
Tollin/Robbins Production was not involved in Home Free & Guys Like Us where Dan and Brian Peck worked together.In Dan's youtube video, he claimed it was Tollin/Robbins Productions who hired Brian Peck. In the Hollywood Reporter exclusive, it clarified Dan did not hire Peck on All That. Sources at Paramount said Brian Robbins (of Tollin/Robbins) was not involved in hiring Peck at Nickelodeon. This distinction is important because Brian Peck also appeared in Dan's first show as creator: The Amanda Show.
The Amanda Show ran between 1999-2002 and lasted 3 seasons. However it presented multiple problems each passing year. For one, splitting the salary of female writers Jenny Kilgen and Christy Straton where the issue was reported to the union. And in 2000, Jenny Kilgen sued the show's production company alleging gender discrimination, harassment and hostile work environment. Dan was said to behave inappropriately in the writer's room, asking female crew for massages and showing pornography from his computer. Raquel Lee left the series in the beginning of the 2nd season. In the Quiet on Set documentary, she talked about being neglected by the show when she raised her concerns about being disrespected & demeaned as a child actor. Then in 2001, Brian Peck's abuse against Drake Bell began. And finally in 2002, Amanda Bynes, the star of the show would decide to leave Nickelodeon to start in a new show What I Like About You at Warner Brothers.
(Brian Peck appeared in 2 episodes of What I like About You, and Dan Schneider wrote one episode he appeared in: S01E02)
Despite Amanda's parents firing her manager at Tollin/Robbins in 2003, Tollin/Robbins continued producing her show What I Like About You. Based on Taran Killam's Vulture interview, he said he shared the same manager as Amanda. Goldman was hired by Tollin/Robbins in 1997, then moved to Power Entertainment in 2004 taking Dan Schneider along with him. And in 2010, People Magazine reported that Amanda was spending a lot of time with Dan and his wife during the plans to emancipate her from her parents in 2003.
Also in 2003, two employees who both worked on The Amanda Show and All That were arrested for child sexual abuse.
Tollin/Robbins were still credited as executive producers on All That until 2005 but the collaboration between the network and the creator halted after. These series of events seemed to have severed the production company's relationship with Nickelodeon and also Dan Schneider.
"Drake & Josh" and the Letters of Support
After Brian Peck was arrested, Drake & Josh continued to be developed with now Schneider's Bakery producing. Here's where things become peculiar about Dan denying hiring Brian Peck.Three people who wrote letters of support for Brian Peck, also worked on Drake & Josh:
- Beth Correll
- Kimmy Robertson
- Taran Killam
- Beth: I must admit that I was surprised ~redacted~ behavior after hearing of this case and the charges brought against Brian. Nothing seemed to change in him at all. On set, he continued to be playful with other cast members and crew. He was always talking about his band and music and appeared to be excited about his future, the show and his musical career. He even moved into his own apartment. On more than one occasion, while watching her son perform on the set of ~redacted~ mother, Robin, would say to me, “Look at him. I’m so proud of how mature and responsible he is.”
- Kimmy: I had the misfortune of working on ~redacted~ TV show. I’ll make this short… I noticed this young man kept asking me about Brian and generally being “sleuth-like”. I also noticed no gay male ie: make-up/hair, or P.A. want to be alone in a room with him
Beth wrote 2 letters. The first was dated June 17, 2004. And the second one, containing the quote above was written October 5, 2004 - a mere two days before Brian was sentenced.
Taran did not have an extensive relationship with Brian compared to other letter writers. He wrote them when he was 22, before his career took off. According to SNLinReview, it was Dan who got Taran an agent while he was still at UCLA. In his case, he not only owes Brian, he also owes Dan. On top of also sharing the same manager as Dan.
Not only did Kimmy, Beth and Taran worked on a show created by Dan Schneider, they were also under his production company: Schneider's Bakery.
When asked whether Nickelodeon executives reached out, Drake said only Dan was there for him. And Dan said Drake's mom asked him for help to write her letter to the judge. Dan seemed to be a confidant for mother and son, but did he also know Brian Peck's friends and supporters were on set?
Child Actors in the Courtroom
The story doesn't end there.In Quiet on Set episode 5, they played a clip of Will Friedle from the Pod Meets World podcast stating:
(Brian) then asked us to support him and go to court with him, which a lot of us did, and we're sitting that courtroom, on the wrong side of everything, of course having no idea of this, filled with child actors. To the point where the victim's mother turned to us and said, "Look at all the famous people you brought with you ..."In this interview with the producers, they talked about the reason why not all letters of support were made public. They said:
They didn't release the names of folks who were minor when they wrote. They redacted the names of minors who wrote the letters.And in the KCRW interview, the host mentioned Nickelodeon stars.
We do know that Brian made friends with a lot of people. But Drake also said this:
... many people turned away and said no I won't write a letter ...Through the course of investigating Dan Schneider's inappropriate behavior on set & sexualizing kids on screen, the documentary found out about the letters of support from sources who rejected supporting Brian Peck. They raised questions on what conditions the minors were put under, and if there were undue pressure or influence involved in making them support Brian Peck.
That's All
There was little to no coverage of Brian Peck throughout the years, up until the documentary An Open Secret named him to have abused a Nickelodeon star in 2014. And the Daily Mail put him back on the news in 2015. And in 2017, Dan Schneider would post on his instagram, a signed poster of All That season 8, filled with messages of appreciation:Oh Dan - You can dip my pickle in dill juice any time! I owe you!!! xxoo Love always, Pickle Boy aka Brian PeckFor someone who is desperate to disassociate himself from Brian Peck, he had no problem reposting this for the public to see. Even more curious, is how Quiet on Set never used this information. And instead placed a separation between Brian Peck and Dan Schneider, as if they never interacted, as if they were never friends.
2024.04.21 20:40 YolkyBoii Long Covid Action Project is dangerous, and are actively hurting the Long Covid community
TLDR: Long Covid Action Project (LCAP) brands itself as an organisation fighting for long covid research. But the organisation is built upon misinformation and distortion of facts (whether intentionally or unintentionally). Its actions are more harmful to the long covid community than beneficial.
The problem with them can be summarised as: “They take opinions on what the cause and cure of Long Covid is, before it has been proven by research, and claim them as fact. They try to push governments to only study what they believe causes and cures long covid while neglecting all the rest”.
Summary of sections: * They claim long covid is like AIDS and solely caused by viral persistence. Which is a harmful way to present the disease and not backed by research. * They disrupted the long covid moonshot and asked it to focus nearly only on viral persistence and no other issue related to long covid, which neglects the majority of patients. * They claim that antivirals will be the cure (without scientific evidence) and try to make all research funding go to antivirals. * They claim to be made up of scientists experts and researchers, but none of the people listed on the website are. * They have harassed, doxxed, sent death threats, and misogynistic insults to members of the long covid community.
Classifying long covid as a single distinct disease caused exclusively by viral persistance is not only contrary to current research, but also neglects the large long covid population presenting diverse symptoms.
This campaign has gone around long covid communities and has received many signatures. It was however presented in a malicious manner. For example in this reddit community (before mods removed the post for disinformation) there was a post with 120 upvotes linking to the signature with the title as “Sign this letter requesting treatment!! Bernie is requesting billions for us” with no additional context. Which is not what the letter actually suggests. The actual letter is under the place where you sign so people will sign before reading the letter or won’t read the letter at all. They have managed to gather 8’000 signatures this way.
This letter also suggests 28 billion dollars of funding for LC per year (which is ridiculous, given that that is half the NIH yearly budget.) It would mean long covid gets more funding than all cancers, all genetic diseases, and AIDS put together. Fundamentally, this is simply unserious and shows a shocking lack of pragmatism, which will hurt perceptions of the long covid community. At the HELP hearing on Long Covid, two LCAP activists shouted "Moonshot kills" in front of the Senators.
I spoke to a longhauler who has been a target of harassment from LCAP and their allies for views that they have published alongside many others in the long covid community. They agreed to let me quote them on the condition of anonymity due to recieving death threats from LCAP allies in the past. Here are some quotes: * “Key LCAP allies have doxxed mainstream activists, sent serious misogynistic abuse. After I published [redacted for anonymity], one of LCAP's most prominent allies (who spoke at their recent small protest and who doesn't actually have Long Covid himself) wrote 2 public death threats against us on twitter.” * “Intellectually and scientifically, they're fundamentally unserious. Whereas there are a lot of people with scientific backgrounds in the mainstream advocacy community, hence organisations like patient-led research collaborative, LCAP is made up of people who are not only scientifically and academically ignorant, but are unaware of their own ignorance.” * “They are convinced that viral persistence is the be all and end all, and anyone who disagrees is described as saying that Long Covid is "nothing new." Of course, the mainstream position is far more complex than Long Covid being "nothing new," the mainstream positions being something like; there is a large subset that overlaps with ME/CFS both in terms of symptoms and underlying mechanisms, though that doesn't discount the importance of viral persistence; viral persistence may well play a big role in Long Covid, but its importance may vary from subset to subset and it may just be one of many mechanisms.” * “They're not a group that deserves to be taken seriously [their main achievement being] making Long Covid twitter incredibly toxic.”
Hoping my fellow longhaulers a wonderful day. Love u/yolkyboii.
Edit: A fellow user in the comments below has informed me of an occurrence where LCAP was openly misleading. LCAP claimed they sent 500k letters to the government but what actually happened is they got 1’000 signatures. Twitter thread showing this
Edit 2: A small minority of completely new reddit accounts have shown exactly why it was necessary to write this post. I was insulted and called a [tw] retard in one comment. Which was thankfully removed by the mods for breaking rule three. Another new reddit user reported my account for being suicidal and I got a message from the reddit suicide hotline (minutes after I replied to an argument claiming I was silencing LCAP.) I am not sure how but the founder of LCAP found out my first name maybe I mentioned in past comments. To you LCAP people or allies, if you want to bully me you can but I will just add it to this post. Cheers.
Edit 3: This post somehow made it to LCAP. An hour ago there were 60 comments the large majority of which agreed with the post. An hour later there are 120 comments and most of the new comments are spammed copy paste by the LCAP founder.
Edit 4: This paper (the most cited long covid paper) is a great review of long covid treatment and research. I recommend everyone give it a read.
Edit 5: LCAP founder has accused me of being hateful. I don’t think it is hateful to bring up criticisms of an organisation. I hope he will respond to my criticisms instead.
shameless plug
Edit 6: Since the founder of LCAP shared my identity without my consent. You can follow my twitter account here. I am pretty new to twitter but plan on continuing sharing stuff like this.
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The problem with them can be summarised as: “They take opinions on what the cause and cure of Long Covid is, before it has been proven by research, and claim them as fact. They try to push governments to only study what they believe causes and cures long covid while neglecting all the rest”.
Summary of sections: * They claim long covid is like AIDS and solely caused by viral persistence. Which is a harmful way to present the disease and not backed by research. * They disrupted the long covid moonshot and asked it to focus nearly only on viral persistence and no other issue related to long covid, which neglects the majority of patients. * They claim that antivirals will be the cure (without scientific evidence) and try to make all research funding go to antivirals. * They claim to be made up of scientists experts and researchers, but none of the people listed on the website are. * They have harassed, doxxed, sent death threats, and misogynistic insults to members of the long covid community.
“Viral persistence and nothing else”
Long covid action project claims that Long Covid is a disease with “AIDS-like immune dysregulation which researchers attribute to SARS-CoV-2 viral persistence.” (this is a quote taken straight from the front page). This quote says many things that are untrue and/or unproven and claims them as fact. * Immune dysregulation has been found in large subsets of long covid patients (but not all). This immune dysregulation is not even near to being similar to AIDS. AIDS causes a near destruction of the immune system, which before treatment was found, was a death sentence. * Viral persistence has been found upto a year in a subset of long covid patients. Saying all long covid patients have viral persistence is false. Saying that viral persistence is the cause of all long covid is misinformation as no research has proven this and much research points to other possible factors. It may however be a mechanism in some people. * Long covid is comprised of/can cause many different conditions: from POTS, MCAS, and dysautonomia to ME/CFS, IBS, and autoimmune diseases. (and much more.)Classifying long covid as a single distinct disease caused exclusively by viral persistance is not only contrary to current research, but also neglects the large long covid population presenting diverse symptoms.
Long covid moonshot disruption
But these people are sure of what they are doing. Therefore they have made a campaign to ask the Long covid moonshot bill to not put any effort into diseases which are a part of long covid such as Dysautonomia (which affects a large majority of LC patients source) and ME/CFS (which affects 50% of long covid patients source ). Claiming the focal point of the long covid bill should be viral persistence. In effect, instead of letting scientists study where there science points to, focalising efforts on viral persistence and ignoring the rest.This campaign has gone around long covid communities and has received many signatures. It was however presented in a malicious manner. For example in this reddit community (before mods removed the post for disinformation) there was a post with 120 upvotes linking to the signature with the title as “Sign this letter requesting treatment!! Bernie is requesting billions for us” with no additional context. Which is not what the letter actually suggests. The actual letter is under the place where you sign so people will sign before reading the letter or won’t read the letter at all. They have managed to gather 8’000 signatures this way.
This letter also suggests 28 billion dollars of funding for LC per year (which is ridiculous, given that that is half the NIH yearly budget.) It would mean long covid gets more funding than all cancers, all genetic diseases, and AIDS put together. Fundamentally, this is simply unserious and shows a shocking lack of pragmatism, which will hurt perceptions of the long covid community. At the HELP hearing on Long Covid, two LCAP activists shouted "Moonshot kills" in front of the Senators.
“Antivirals are the cure”
Another problem is an inherent obsession with antivirals. No evidence points to the fact that antivirals are a cure/treatment for long covid. They should be studied but not focused on solely. There exists many more promising potential treatments such as ampligen, BC007 and drugs attacking oxidative stress. However in their proposed changes to senator Sander’s bill they want long covid research to be nearly solely focused on antivirals to cure and treat long covid. A “documentary” they made which is prominent on their front page is called “ANTIVIRALS NOW”.Inconsistencies
The project claims to be “developed by people with Long Covid who are journalists, professors, scientists and experts”. However only three names come up on their website. One of these people is a documentary filmmaker, another is an artist, and a third is of unknown profession, though no university pages or linkedin profiles show anyone with that name being a researcher or professor.Harassment against fellow long haulers
There have been multiple accusations of harassment from LCAP allies. They demonise anyone who says that there may be a link between long covid and ME/CFS, while they themselves comparing Long Covid to AIDS. They claim that anyone that doesn’t see viral persistence as the only possible cause and mechanism of long covid, are malevolent people trying to steal from long covid patients (even though many of the people saying this are long covid patients).I spoke to a longhauler who has been a target of harassment from LCAP and their allies for views that they have published alongside many others in the long covid community. They agreed to let me quote them on the condition of anonymity due to recieving death threats from LCAP allies in the past. Here are some quotes: * “Key LCAP allies have doxxed mainstream activists, sent serious misogynistic abuse. After I published [redacted for anonymity], one of LCAP's most prominent allies (who spoke at their recent small protest and who doesn't actually have Long Covid himself) wrote 2 public death threats against us on twitter.” * “Intellectually and scientifically, they're fundamentally unserious. Whereas there are a lot of people with scientific backgrounds in the mainstream advocacy community, hence organisations like patient-led research collaborative, LCAP is made up of people who are not only scientifically and academically ignorant, but are unaware of their own ignorance.” * “They are convinced that viral persistence is the be all and end all, and anyone who disagrees is described as saying that Long Covid is "nothing new." Of course, the mainstream position is far more complex than Long Covid being "nothing new," the mainstream positions being something like; there is a large subset that overlaps with ME/CFS both in terms of symptoms and underlying mechanisms, though that doesn't discount the importance of viral persistence; viral persistence may well play a big role in Long Covid, but its importance may vary from subset to subset and it may just be one of many mechanisms.” * “They're not a group that deserves to be taken seriously [their main achievement being] making Long Covid twitter incredibly toxic.”
Hoping my fellow longhaulers a wonderful day. Love u/yolkyboii.
Edit: A fellow user in the comments below has informed me of an occurrence where LCAP was openly misleading. LCAP claimed they sent 500k letters to the government but what actually happened is they got 1’000 signatures. Twitter thread showing this
Edit 2: A small minority of completely new reddit accounts have shown exactly why it was necessary to write this post. I was insulted and called a [tw] retard in one comment. Which was thankfully removed by the mods for breaking rule three. Another new reddit user reported my account for being suicidal and I got a message from the reddit suicide hotline (minutes after I replied to an argument claiming I was silencing LCAP.) I am not sure how but the founder of LCAP found out my first name maybe I mentioned in past comments. To you LCAP people or allies, if you want to bully me you can but I will just add it to this post. Cheers.
Edit 3: This post somehow made it to LCAP. An hour ago there were 60 comments the large majority of which agreed with the post. An hour later there are 120 comments and most of the new comments are spammed copy paste by the LCAP founder.
Edit 4: This paper (the most cited long covid paper) is a great review of long covid treatment and research. I recommend everyone give it a read.
Edit 5: LCAP founder has accused me of being hateful. I don’t think it is hateful to bring up criticisms of an organisation. I hope he will respond to my criticisms instead.
shameless plug
Edit 6: Since the founder of LCAP shared my identity without my consent. You can follow my twitter account here. I am pretty new to twitter but plan on continuing sharing stuff like this.
2024.04.20 11:35 robpensley A bit of South Carolina history regarding labor unions, in Honea Path, SC;
" The Chiquola textile mill was very important in Honea Path's early development. On September 6, 1934, management perpetrated the Chiquola Mill Massacre against workers taking part in a general textile strike). Textile factory guards killed six picketers and injured approximately thirty more in the altercation. The men were reported to have been shot fleeing the picket lines, and many were found with bullet wounds in their backs.[9] This event is featured in the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) documentary on the POV series called "The Uprising of '34". "
From Wikipedia article on Honea Path, SC.
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From Wikipedia article on Honea Path, SC.
2024.04.19 17:04 wiklr Quiet on Set Timeline
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1981
1993
2020
Let me know corrections / things to add. Organized references to follow.
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Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV
- Wikipedia IMDB
- Youtube clips on Investigation Discovery
- Streaming on Investigation Discovery • Max
- Kate Taylor's Business Insider article on Dan Schneider
- Brian Peck Case Unicourt Docket
- Letters of Support Transcriptions
- young_menace: What We Know About Dan Schneider - Part 2
- madmagazines: Brian Peck's Background (includes interviews)
Timeline
(Note: Some Film/TV show dates are when it was released or when a documentary related person appeared in an episode)1981
- November 9 - Last American Virgin: Brian Peck & Kimmy Robertson (released 1982)
- March - Hot Resort: Dan Schneider (released 1985)
- November 5 - February 1985 Better Off Dead: Dan Schneider (released 1985)
- Head of the Class (ABC): Dan Schneider & Brian Robbins
- June 21 - St. Lucie News Tribune news clipping: "I'm Daniel Schneider, I think you've heard of me"
- August 23 - Chicago Tribunal news clipping: Dan Schneider in a teen exploitation film, not something proud to show the Academy (Hot Resort)
- Kid's Choice Awards (Nickelodeon): Dan Schneider & Brian Robbins befriended Albie Hecht
- March 9 - Growing Pains Brian Peck credit (Season 3- 6) ; Cast: Joana Kerns, Alan Thicke; Steven Marshall (producer)
1993
- Home Free (ABC): Dan Schneider & Brian Peck
- Home Improvement (ABC): Drake Bell, also Rider Strong in 1992
- All That(Nickelodeon): Created by Brian Robbins & Dan Schneider as writer; Katrina Johnson (Season 1-3)
- August 17 - Kenan & Kel (Nickelodeon): Brian Robbins, Dan Schneider, Virgil Fabian
- October - All That: Amanda Bynes first appearance
- Kenan & Kel: Brian Peck as extra
- June 3 - Tollin/Robbins Productions hires Michael Goldman
- July 8 - Article on Dan Schneider finds success in All That
- July 25 - Good Burger: Brian Peck as extra, produced by Dan Schneider & Brian Robbins
- Guys Like Us (UPN): Dan Schneider (actor), Brian Peck (Happy Pants the Clown) & Rich Correll (director)
- February 12 - Boy Meets World (ABC): Brian Peck (extra) ; Will Friedle & Rider Strong (cast) ; Rich Correll (director) & Beth Dempsey Correll (assistant director)
- October 16 - Amanda Show (Nickelodeon) first episode date; created by Dan Schneider produced by Tollin/Robbins; Cast: Amanda Bynes, Raquel Lee, Drake Bell, Josh Peck; Virgil Fabian (director), Christy Stratton, Jenny Kilgen (writers); Brian Peck (extra)
- Jenny Kilgen files a gender discrimination lawsuit against Dan Schneider
- Feb 29 - Snow Day: Josh Peck, Albie Hecht
- May 5 - Boy Meets World last episode aired
- July 2 - All That: Bryan Hearne (Season 7-8)
- July 14 - X-Men: Brian Peck, James Marsden
- September 2 - LA Times article on Amanda Bynes: Albie Hecht - She’s funny--and funny is money
- December 1 - Brian Peck Case Offense Date ; Year Crime Committed
- Ron Melendez letter citing living in Brian's house (1999, 2001-2002)
- The Amanda Show: Brian Peck credited appearance
- February 2 - All That: Brian Peck credited appearance (Season 7)
- March 16 - All That: Giovonnie Samuels (Season 7-9) & Kyle Sullivan (Season 7-10)
- May - Drake & Josh Unaired pilot filmed
- June 23 - LA Times article: "Groomed to be All That" Dan Schneider and Brian Peck held comedy boot camps ; Paper copies of the article
- September 20 - What I Like About You (Warner Brothers) first episode date ; Amanda Bynes, Dan Schneider, Brian Robbins, Brian Peck
- September 21 - Amanda Show last episode aired
- March 23 - Roman Polanski's wins Oscar for Best Direction, gets standing ovation
- April 12 - Jason Handy arrested ; released after bail
- April 16 - Jason Handy arrested again, no-bail felony warrant
- April 17 - LAPD report on Jason Handy's arrest
- May 2 - X2: Brian Peck, James Marsden
- June 15 - Variety reports Amanda Bynes emancipation,
- parents fire agent at Endeavor, her manager at Tollin Robbins and her attorney at Myman, Abell, Fineman, Greenspan & Light
- August 19 - Brian Peck arrested
- August 20 - LAPD report on Brian Peck's arrest ; reported 2 weeks prior
- September 8 - Brian Peck $400,000 Bond ~
- Drake & Josh film dates: Season 1 (August 2003) ; Season 2 (December 2004-August 2005) ; Season 4 (November 2005 - July 2006)
- January 10 - The Sneeze interview with Dan Schneider (Better Off Dead Tribute)
- January 11 - Drake & Josh first episode date, produced by Schneider's Bakery; Virgil Fabian (director); Kimmy Robertson, Taran Killam (guest episodes); Beth Dempsey Correll (2nd AD)
- May 10 - Brian Peck pleads no contest to 2 charges
- June 17 - Beth (Dempsey) Correll Letter #1
- June 18 - Rich Correll Letter
- June 20 - Will Friedle Letter
- June 28 - August 2004 - Love Wrecked filming date; Brian Peck as extra
- July 7 - Joana Kerns (2) Letter
- July 15 - Alan Thicke Letter
- August 30 - Pepperdine University on Zoey 101 filming in campus
- September 2- Tom DeSanto Letter
- October 5 - Beth (Dempsey) Correll Letter #2
- October 7 - Brian Peck Probation & Sentence Hearing
- In attendance: Drake Bell, Robin & Roy Dodson, Drake's brother, Will Friedle & others
- 41 Letters in total; 15 named ; 14 publicized
- Undated: James Marsden (2), Taran Killam, Rider Strong (2),Ron Melendez, Kimmy Robertson, Lynne Murphy
- November 10 - Michael Goldman (Power Entertainment) new client: Dan Schneider
- January 9 - Zoey 101 (Nickelodeon) released; Created by Dan Schneider
- May 18 - Love Wrecked (filmed 2004) Brian Peck, Amanda Bynes
- January 4 - CBS reports Drake Bell suffered a car accident in 2005
- July 28 - The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (Disney): Brian Peck, Rich Correll, Beth Correll
- September 7 - New York Times labels Dan Schneider as "Norman Lear" of children's television
- September 8 - iCarly (Nickelodeon) first episode date
- September 29 - CNN reports film industry demanding Roman Polanski's release
- Gabe Hoffman & Mathew Valentinas approach Amy Berg to make the documentary: An Open Secret
- March 17 - New York Post reports Growing Pains producer, Steven Marshall sentenced for CP
- March 27 - Victorious (Nickelodeon) first episode date 2011
- June 2 - Love Horror Brian Peck Interview; skips Amanda Show in list of film work
- October 1 - People Magazine reports Amanda Bynes spending a lot of time with Dan Schneider & Lisa Lillien during emancipation attempt in 2003
- January 4 - Brian Peck Case Hearing
- June 8 - Sam & Cat(Nickelodeon) first episode date
- March 30 - Kid's Choice Awards Honor Dan Schneider with Lifetime Achievement award
- April 15 - Danwarp blog All That's 20th Anniversary ; Albie Hecht offer to develop for Nickelodeon, couldn't because under contract with WB & ABC
- November 12 - An Open Secret release date (also June 5, 2015)
- November 18 - Tweet to Drake Bell about Brian Peck
- June 8 - Daily Mail reports Brian Peck still working with underage kids
- April 9 - People Magazine article on child stars suing their parents
- March 25 - Angelique Bates abuse story on All That
- April 13 - Brian Peck Case Hearing
- August 4 - Brian Peck spotted in Return of the Living dead event
- June 7 - Deadline reports Brian Robbins hired to oversee Paramount Players
- June 18 - Drake Bell (deleted) tweet on not being invited to Josh Peck's wedding
- June 22 - Seventeen reports Dan Schneider was invited in Josh Peck's wedding
- July 7 - The Malibu Times interview Brian Peck as local fan of Planet of the Apes
- July 8 - People magazine interview with Drake Bell on wedding snub
- July 28 - Dan Schneider instagram post on Brian Peck signing All That S8 poster "Oh Dan you can dip my pickle in dill juice anytime! I owe you!"
- August 8 - Zach Sang Show interview on Drake Bell
- August 28 - Drake Bell & Josh Peck reunite in VMA vlog
- August 31 - David Dobrik vlog surprised by Drake and Josh
- October 5 - New York Times article on Harvey Weinstein ; paid off accusers
- October 10 - New Yorker article on Harvey Weinstein accusers tell their stories
- December 1 - Drake Bell case: Cleveland Concert
- December 16 - Seventeen tweetJosh Peck missing in Drake Bell's birthday
- December 23 - New York Times on Vice Media letting go 4 employees ; 2 executives on leave (January 2, 2018)
- All Your Screens Guest Column on Dan Schneider: "This is Me Screaming"
- March 9 - Washington Post report Dan Schneider leaving Nickelodeon
- March 27 - Liz Feldman (deleted) tweet: worked for Schneider, confirms inappropriate behavior
- July 23 - Drake Bell talks about feud with Josh Peck
- October 1 - Deadline reports Brian Robbins named President of Nickelodeon
- October 8 - Tana Mongeau interviews Josh Peck, hating Drake & being a child star, asked about D&J reboot
- October 10 - Dan Schneider deleted 14,000 tweets ; screenshots ; twitter thread
- October - Drake Bell's victim made a report to local police (Canada) ; forwarded to Cleveland police
- November 1 - Hollywood Reporter: Brian Robbins wants to reboot All That
2020
- February 10 - Hollywood Reporter: Josh Peck cast in Turner & Hooch reboot
- March 4 - Reddit post video deleted, Drake said he doesnt want a reboot anymore
- March 13 - Forbes interview on Drake Bell's album
- August 12
- Melissa Lingafelt twitter thread alleging abuse by Drake Bell
- Variety reports Drake Bell denies abuse allegations from Melissa Lingafelt
- February 8 - Twitter thread naming Drake Bell as Brian Peck's victim
- April 23 - Rick Ellis reflections on working on Schneider piece
- May 23 - Rick Ellis article on the iCarly reboot
- June 4
- Deadline reports Drake Bell arrested in Ohio
- Daily Beast exclusive: Melissa Lingafelt abuse allegations against Drake Bell
- June 23 - Deadline reports Drake Bell plead guilty to 2 charges: attempted endangering of children & disseminating matte harmful to juveniles
- June 30 - The New York Times Dan Schneider article
- July 2
- Kayla Alpert tweet on Schneider as worst person to work with, said "women aren't funny"
- Christy Stratton tweet about Schneider being vindictive
- July 4
- Rick Ellis article on The New York Times and Its Whitewash of Dan Schneider
- July 12
- Law & Crime video on Drake Bell sentencing
- New York Times article mentioning Drake Bell "will have to register as a sex offender"
- March 17 - BFFs podcast with Josh Peck about Drake Bell; never close & confronting at VMAs
- March 20 - Drake & Janet video where Drake Bell clarifies his feud with Josh Peck (clip)
- May 2 - Medium article We (Don't) Need to Talk About Dan Schneider
- June 13 - Sony Pictures TV deal with Maxine (Quiet on Set production company)
- August 3 - New York Times article on Jennette McCurdy
- August 9 - Release of Jennette McCurdy book "I'm Glad My Mom Died", published by Simon & Schuster
- August 31 - Business Insider article by Kate Taylor: Dan Schneider Expose
- September 1 - Christy Stratton tweet on Schneider having her agent and manager fire her
- September 14 - Drake Bell (deleted) tweet: "You want the real truth about what went on behind the ORANGE curtain? You want the stories that will crush an entire network? Give me a call (a)simonschuster"
- September 25 - All Good Things podcast interview with Josh Peck; mentions Amanda Show offered by Nickelodeon president
- December 17 - CDAN post that Drake Bell will end up as the next Aaron Carter (Dead)
- Early 2023 - Drake Bell first approached by Quiet on Set film makers (as mentioned in this QoS panel)
- April 10 - Good Guys podcast Josh Peck on Dan Schneider as "tough boss" ; blocked by Jennette McCurdy and scrapped episode, "owes us" comment
- April 13 - USA Today reports Drake Bell found safe after going missing
- April 21 - Entertainment Weekly reports Drake Bell's wife files for divorce
- April 22 - Drake Bell tweet compliments Jennette McCurdy's book I'm Glad My Mom Died
- April 27 - New York Post reports Drake Bell seen sucking on balloon
- May 5 - Brian Peck Case Motion Hearing (Also June 7 & July 10)
- July 17 - Drake Bell tweet writing a book called "I Found a Way"
- October 4 - Variety reports iCarly reboot canceled by Paramount+ after 3 seasons
- October 21 - Cancelled podcast Josh Peck on Dan Schneider "not a fan"
- October 30 - Deadline reports Paramount $1.62B sale of Simon & Schuster to KKR Investment firm
- November 22 - Good Burger 2 release
- January 19 - Vulture interview with Taram Killam, mentions Michael Goldman, same manager as Amanda Bynes
- February 5 - Quiet on Set trailer drops
- February 19 - Pod Meets World episode on Brian Peck
- February 27 - Indiewire reports Zaslav is out of Paramount Business
- March 5 - Business Insider reports Drake Bell as Brian Peck's victim
- March 13 - Rick Ellis article on Quiet on Set
- March 17
- Quiet on Set episode 1 & 2 airs
- Amy Berg tweet Dan Schneider as boss; he left Nickelodeon to work on Guys Like Us
- March 18
- Quiet on Set episode 3 & 4 airs
- New York Times issues a retraction on Drake Bell article (removed sex offender claim)
- March 19 - Business Insider interview with Drake Bell
- March 20
- Nancy Sullivan on Drake Bell
- Hollywood Reporter exclusive: Dan Schneider Breaks Silence
- Youtube video: Dan Schneider talks about Quiet on Set
- March 21
- Drake Bell Tiktok telling people to take it easy on Josh Peck, talked privately
- Angelique Bates on why she declined Quiet on Set
- Allie Dimeco story on underage girl / older man kiss on Naked Brothers Band
- Jack Salvatore on Dan Schneider as a boss
- Madisyn Shipman statement
- March 22
- Michael Bower's story about Brian Peck
- Matt Bennett statement
- Josh Peck statement
- Abby Wilde statement
- Chris Massey & his mom's reaction
- Marc Summers tweet on Quiet on Set bait and switch
- March 24 - Amber Frank story on porn in laptops
- March 15 - Drake Bell Interview with Yordi Rosado
- March 27
- Raquel Lee reaction on Quiet on Set
- Quinton Reviews video on Dan Schneider
- March 29 - Matthew Underwood on child abuse & responses on reddit
- March 31
- Quinton Reviews video on Timmy Turner movies (feat Drake Bell)
- Jenny Kilgen letter to SAG
- April 2 - Drake Bell interview in Not Skinny but Not Fat podcast
- April 4 - Deadline article on Marc Summers walking out
- April 6 - Drake Bell tweet: about talking to Rider Strong privately and has forgiven him
- April 7 - Quiet on Set episode 5 (Additional: Shane Lyons & Soledad O'Brien; Will Friedle soundbite from Pod Meets World podcast)
- April 9 - Drake Bell interview on We Are Man Enough podcast
- April 11
- Quiet on Set cast panel (Drake, Gio & Brian)
- Raquel Lee reaction on not being invited to panel
- April 12 - Chelsea Fagan tiktok regarding Jennette McCurdy footage
- April 16
- Entertainment Weekly article on Christy Calrson Romano callin QoS "Trauma Tourists" ; Romano is co-hosts with Will Friedle on another podcast
- Alexa Nikolas reaction on not being invited to panel & Christy Carlson Romano article
- April 18 - Sony in Talks to Join a Bid to Buy Paramount
- April 19 - Salon article on unethical filmmaking practices and deceiving interviewees
2024.04.18 19:05 Guilty_Watercress180 Why doesn't anyone make a response to Kamdev's deleted video?
I've never seen such a one-sided misrepresentation of truth as that "documentary", and yet no popular SG-related creators have made an adequate response.
I understand that the official channel doesn't need to do this, but at least someone like Mystics of India, or a similar channel should take this up. They posted a video with a very similar thumbnail but it didn't address any of the questions Kamdev mentioned in his video.
There is a mountain of evidence to refute everything Kamdev mentioned word for word, yet creators are silent regarding this issue.
Sources to counter his claims include a YouTube channel called 16 Eleven, and Isha's official blogs in which they have cited necessary evidence.
And instead of drafting a proper response, his video gets taken down. Classic Streisand effect. I strongly feel that anyone who has a good following on social media and isn't skewed in their head should take this up.
I tried reaching out to team MOI but they don't seem interested. Would've done it myself but I don't have a good following.
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I understand that the official channel doesn't need to do this, but at least someone like Mystics of India, or a similar channel should take this up. They posted a video with a very similar thumbnail but it didn't address any of the questions Kamdev mentioned in his video.
There is a mountain of evidence to refute everything Kamdev mentioned word for word, yet creators are silent regarding this issue.
Sources to counter his claims include a YouTube channel called 16 Eleven, and Isha's official blogs in which they have cited necessary evidence.
And instead of drafting a proper response, his video gets taken down. Classic Streisand effect. I strongly feel that anyone who has a good following on social media and isn't skewed in their head should take this up.
I tried reaching out to team MOI but they don't seem interested. Would've done it myself but I don't have a good following.