‘This thg is weird’: Get ready for New Zealand’s Gay Osrs | The Spoff

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• ‘THIS THG IS WEIRD’: GET READY FOR NEW ZEALAND’S GAY OSRS
• Q&A: DIRECTOR DAVID FARRIER ON 'TICKLED', HIS TOTALLY BONKERS DOCUMENTARY ABOUT COMPETIVE TICKLGTHE MOVIE IS ABOUT TICKLG, BUT ALSO ABOUT BLACKMAIL, D, WILD AB OF POWER AND PRIVILEGE, AND, UNSURPRISGLY, SID {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY RACHEL HANDLERJULY 6, 2016/11:07 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY RACHEL HANDLERJULY 6, 2016 / 11:07 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"Q&A: DIRECTOR DAVID FARRIER ON 'TICKLED', HIS TOTALLY BONKERS DOCUMENTARY ABOUT COMPETIVE TICKLG","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-07-06T15:07:17.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-07-06T15:07:17.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"RACHEL HANDLER","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FIRST THG I TELL DAVID FARRIER UPON MEETG HIM IS THAT HIS NEW DOCUMENTARY PROVOKED ME AN UNPARALLELED STRS RPONSE. "MY PALMS WERE LERALLY SWEATG DURG THE LAST 40 MUT," I RM HIM, BEFORE REALIZG THAT THIS IS A GROSS THG TO SAY TO A STRANGER. FORTUNATELY, FARRIER IS LIGHTED. "THANK YOU!" HE REPLI. "IT WAS STRSFUL TO MAKE, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE STRSFUL TO WATCH." FARRIER AND I ARE TALKG ABOUT TICKLG — PETIVE ENDURANCE TICKLG, TO BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TICKLED, FARRIER'S FIRST DOCUMENTARY, TELLS THE STORY OF HIS OWN TRODUCTN TO THIS LTLE-KNOWN "SPORT." FARRIER IS A NEW ZEALAND JOURNALIST WHO'S BEEN REPORTG ON ALL THGS ABSURD FOR THE LAST . IN 2014, HE WAS TIPPED OFF TO THE UNQUTNABLY HOMOEROTIC BUT OSTENSIBLY HARMLS PRACTICE OF PETIVE TICKLG BY A IEND, WHO SENT HIM A VIO OF MCULAR, ADIDAS-SPORTG YOUNG MEN STRAPPG DOWN, STRADDLG, AND TICKLG ONE ANOTHER TO OBLIVN. AN AMED FARRIER REACHED OUT TO JANE O'BRIEN MEDIA, THE PANY BEHD THE VIOS, WHICH REPLIED WH A HARSHLY HOMOPHOBIC MISSIVE IMPLORG FARRIER TO BACK OFF AND REFG TO "ASSOCIATE WH A HOMOSEXUAL JOURNALIST."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW SATIABLY CUR AND MORE THAN A LTLE SPIC, FARRIER AND HIS -DIRECTOR DYLAN REEVE BEGAN A MONTHS-LONG VTIGATN TO THE PETIVE-TICKLG DTRY, WH JANE O'BRIEN MEDIA GROWG CREASGLY RENTFUL AND LIG ALONG THE WAY, EVEN GOG SO FAR AS TO SEND THREE "REPRENTATIV" TO NEW ZEALAND TO DISURAGE THE FILMMAKERS. BUT REEVE AND FARRIER WERE UNTERRED, AND TICKLED, THEATERS NOW, FOLLOWS THE TWO AS THEY FALL DOWN THIS PARTICULARLY BLEAK RABB HOLE, UNVERG BLACKMAIL AND EXTORTN PLOTS, DULENT INTI, TARGETED HARASSMENT, WILD AB OF POWER AND PRIVILEGE, AND, UNSURPRISGLY, SID {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE MONTHS SCE TICKLED'S SUNDANCE PREMIERE, THE STORY'S TAKEN AN EVEN STRANGER TURN, WH THE DOCUMENTARY SUBJECTS SHOWG UP AT SCREENGS TO PUBLICLY NOUNCE FARRIER AND REEVE'S FILM, LNCHG A WEBSE THAT PURPORTS TO TELL THE "TTH BEHD THE TICKLED DOCUMENTARY," AND FILG LAWSUS AGAST THE FILMMAKERS. (I SUGGT WATCHG THE MOVIE BEFORE PEERG UNR THE SPECIFIC ROCKS.) BEFORE FARRIER DISEMBARKED TO NEW ZEALAND, I UGHT UP WH HIM OVER FFEE TO TALK ABOUT HIS LONG, STRANGE TRIP TO THE WORLD OF FOR-PROF, PERNIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU MT GET A LOT OF WEIRD TIPS, NSIRG YOUR PAST WORK HAS CENTERED ON THGS LIKE MONGOLIAN ATH WORMS. WHY'D YOU PULL ON THIS PARTICULAR THREAD?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAVID FARRIER: I'VE SEEN A LOT OF WEIRD VIOS AND WEIRD STORI, I SUPPOSE, BUT THIS TMPED THEM, BEE VISUALLY, WAS SUCH AN UNUAL THG TO WATCH. IT WAS A PHOTOGRAPHY STUD, THE YOUNG MEN BRIGHT ADIDAS GEAR — I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS LOOKG AT, WHETHER WAS A SPORT OR A JOKE OR A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHO TIPPED YOU OFF TO ?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: MY IEND THANA. BEE I'VE BEEN VERG WEIRD STUFF FOR 10 YEARS, IENDS TRY TO OUTDO ME WH THE WEIRD THGS THEY FD. USUALLY PEOPLE SEND ME THGS THAT I'VE SEEN BEFORE OR THAT AREN'T VERY SHOCKG. SHE SENT ME THE LK TO JANE O'BRIEN'S WEBSE, WHICH LKED TO THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE. I JT REMEMBERED STG THE NEWSROOM AND BEG BLOWN AWAY AT THE LENGTH OF THEM — THE VIOS ARE LONG, AN HOUR — AND HOW MANY OF THEM THERE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO THEN YOU REACHED OUT TO THEM AND THEY IMMEDIATELY SENT YOU AN ANGRY EMAIL WH THE HOMOPHOBIC SLURS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: IT WASN'T EVEN AN EMAIL! IT WAS RIGHT ON THEIR PUBLIC FACEBOOK WALL. THAT'S WHAT MA EVEN WEIRR. THEY HAD 20,000 LIK, AND THEIR PR WOMAN WROTE, "WE DON'T WANT TO AL WH A HOMOSEXUAL JOURNALIST." WHICH IS WEIRD BEE THE VIOS THEMSELV, AS I SAY THE FILMS, ARE QUE GAY. AND WHAT A STRANGE THG TO SAY! THE FIRST MUNITN I HAD WH THEM WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} AND, IRONILLY, THAT'S WHY YOU FOLLOWED THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: RIGHT. IF THEY'D JT REPLIED, "WE'RE A B BY," OR "WE'VE GOT SOMETHG ELSE ON," I WOULD'VE JT MOVED ON TO SOMETHG ELSE. BEE I WAS A DAILY NEWSROOM AND 'S TOO HARD TO CHASE PEOPLE. FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS I WAS BLOGGG ABOUT [PETIVE TICKLG] AS WE EMAILED BACK AND FORTH, AND THAT'S WHEN THEY STARTED SENDG LEGAL THREATS, AND THAT'S WHEN I THOUGHT, OK, MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHG MORE TO THIS. WHEN [JANE O'BRIEN MEDIA] TALKED ABOUT SENDG THREE GUYS TO NEW ZEALAND, THAT'S WHEN I TOLD MY IEND DYLAN — WHO'D ALSO BEEN BLOGGG ABOUT — I VED HIM OUT FOR PIZZA AND SAID, "DYLAN, I THK WE SHOULD DO A KICKSTARTER, BEE THERE'S SOMETHG MORE HERE." PL WE HAD TERT OM THE BLOGS, WE KNEW WE HAD AN DIENCE STG THERE. IT WAS MAYBE THREE WEEKS TO A MONTH [AFTER THE IAL FACEBOOK RPONSE] BEFORE WE KNEW 'D BE A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS A FEMALE JOURNALIST, I GET HARASSED ONLE ALL THE TIME, AND AS MUCH AS I TRY TO STEEL MYSELF TO , SOMETIM STILL STGS. WAS THERE ANY PART OF YOU THAT WAS GENUELY HURT BY THE PERSONAL NATURE OF THE THREATS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: FOR A LTLE WHILE. FOR, LIKE, TWO SENDS. YOU READ , AND YOU THK, OH GOD. BUT WAS SO EXTREME, WAS KD OF ENTERTAG. MAYBE THAT'S THE WRONG WORD, BUT WAS TERTG TO ME, PECIALLY WH THE DISSONANCE OF WHAT WAS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I KNOW YOU'VE DISCSED YOUR BISEXUALY PRS FOR THIS MOVIE, BUT HOW DID JANE O'BRIEN GET A HOLD OF THAT RMATN, PECIALLY SO QUICKLY AFTER YOU POSTED YOUR QUERY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: I WAS A RELATNSHIP WH A MAN NEW ZEALAND AROUND THE TIME WE WERE BATG THE GAY-MARRIAGE BILL, AND I END UP AN ARTICLE A NEWSPAPER. THEY WOULD'VE GOOGLED MY NAME AND THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A RULT SOMEWHERE, THAT DAVID FARRIER WAS A RELATNSHIP WH SO-AND-SO, SO THEY'D HAVE FOUND THAT AND GOT ANNOYED. IT'S FUNNY BEE I LOOK BACK NOW AND I THK, IF I WASN'T THAT RELATNSHIP, THERE WOULDN'T BE A DOCUMENTARY, EHER. YOU N TRACE ALL BACK TO THE SEMI-RANDOM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DID YOU EVER NSIR DROPPG THE STORY BEE OF THOSE THREATS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: YEAH, I DID. IT'S HARD TO EXPLA HOW UNRELENTG WAS. IT WAS DAILY EMAILS AND PHYSIL LETTERS THREATENG VAR LEGAL THGS. IT JT GETS STRSFUL — I WAS AT A FULL-TIME JOB AT THE TIME. AND I ALSO FELT KD OF BAD FOR DRAGGG DYLAN TO , WHO GOT VOLVED QUE ANILLY. I DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE TO WORRY ABOUT EXCEPT FOR ME, BUT DYLAN HAS CHILDREN AND MEL, HIS WIFE, SO I WAS LIKE, OH GOD, WHAT HAVE WE GOTTEN OURSELV TO?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WHEN WAS THE POT OF NO RETURN, OF KNOWG YOU WOULDN'T LET GO?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: WHEN THOSE THREE REPRENTATIV STAYED AT THE HILTON NEW ZEALAND FOR A WEEK. WE HAD NVERSATNS ON AND ON AND I BATED THAT WHOLE WEEK. BUT WHEN THOSE GUYS LEFT THE UNTRY, DYLAN AND I WERE LIKE, "LET'S JT GO." THEIR VEILED THREATS THAT WE'D LOSE EVERYTHG IF WE PURSUED THE STORY — WHICH WERE BULLYG TACTICS, REALLY — ALONG WH THE BULLYG WE SAW HAPPENG WH THE WEBS SIGNED TO DISCRED [THE PETIVE-TICKLG-VIO PARTICIPANTS], WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT AS WELL CHARGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[SPOILERS TO FOLLOW.]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEAR THE END OF THE FILM, WE FIGURE OUT THAT DAVID D'AMATO HAS BENT OVER BACKWARDS TO HI THE FACT THAT HE'S BEEN EXPLOG THE YOUNG MEN FOR YEARS. BUT DO YOU THK THAT'S ALL HE'S HIDG? OR DO YOU THK THERE'S MORE TO THE STORY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: IT'S STRANGE. I'VE BEEN SUED TWICE FOR FAMATN ABOUT THIS, SO I N'T TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT HIS MOTIVATNS, BEE I KEEP GETTG SUED [LGHS]. BUT THIS HAS BEEN GOG ON FOR OVER 20 YEARS NOW, THE PATTERN OF GETTG THE TICKLG VIOS AND HARASSG SOME OF THE MEN AFTER THE FACT. SOME PEOPLE HAVE A GREAT TICKLG EXPERIENCE: THEY FLY TO L.A. AND THEY'RE PAID AND THEY FLY HOME AND THAT'S . BUT SOME OF THEM ARE ON THE RECEIVG END OF THIS SORT OF MPAIGN. IT WAS THE SAME THE TERRI TICKLE DAYS — SOMETIM PEOPLE HAD A FE EXPERIENCE, AND SOME HAD THE VIOS DISTRIBUTED AROUND THEIR ENTIRE LLEGE AND WERE SORT OF SHAMED. I THK 'S PART AND PARCEL OF THE SAME THG. I DON'T THK THERE'S ANYTHG ELSE GOG ON. I THK 'S THIS PATTERN OF NTROL OVER THE YOUNG MEN AND GETTG THEM TO MAKE THE VIOS, AND THEN NTROLLG THEM FURTHER WH THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT WAS REALLY FASCATG TO ME, HOW THE TICKLG FETISH IS AT S HEART ABOUT POWER AND NTROL, AND THEN THE VIOS THEMSELV ARE ED TO NTROL THE MEN BEG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: TOTALLY. I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE [D'AMATO] WOULD LIKE MORE. I DON'T THK THE TICKLG IS ENOUGH, AND I DON'T THK THE HARASSMENT IS ENOUGH. IT'S ALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT DO YOU ULTIMATELY WANT TO E OUT OF ALL OF THIS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: DURG THE MAKG OF THE FILM, I REACHED OUT TO THE ORIGAL FBI AGENT WHO WAS VOLVED A AGO TO SAY, "THIS STUFF IS STILL HAPPENG." I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHG BACK. THE IA IS TO MAKE THE FILM AND PUT OUT TO THE WORLD. THERE ARE THE THGS THAT ARE HAPPENG THAT ARE UNJT, IF NOT ILLEGAL — I'M NOT A LEGAL EXPERT — AND BY SHG A LIGHT ON , HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE A RULT. EVEN JT THE SIMPLE FACT THAT MAYBE PEOPLE WILL THK TWICE BEFORE GOG ON A PETIVE-TICKLG SHOOT. IF YOU GOOGLE NOW, YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THIS FILM THAT SHOWS THE OTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT'S THE UPDATE ON THE LEGAL SUATN AT THIS POT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: I WAS AT THE TE/FALSE FILM FTIVAL AND THIS WOMAN SERVED ME THERE. SHE TAPPED ME ON THE SHOULR AND ASKED WHO I WAS, AND I SAID "DAVID FARRIER," AND SHE WAS LIKE, "YOU'RE SERVED." I WAS LIKE, "GOT ME!" THERE WAS ANOTHER POSN UTAH, AT SUNDANCE — BASILLY, WHEREVER THE FILM WAS SHOWG, I WAS BEG SUED THERE. THOSE WERE WHDRAWN OVER JURISDICTN. AND DAVID D'AMATO SHOWED UP TO A SCREENG LOS ANGEL AND TOLD THERE THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN DISMISSED, BUT THAT THEY'LL BE REFILED, I THK. DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT, BUT THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET, TO MY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCHG THE VIO OF D'AMATO AT THE SCREENG, WHAT STANDS OUT TO ME IS HOW LM HE IS. HE'S SO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: WHEN I [FIRST] MET HIM, L.A., HE WAS VERY LM. VERY FLAT. THAT'S JT THE WAY HE RPONDS. HE GO STANTLY TO LEGAL SPEAK, AND I THK THAT'S WHAT HE'S ALWAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW NCERNED ARE YOU ABOUT THE LAWSUS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: WELL, WHEN YOU'RE SUED, STS MONEY. WHETHER THGS ARE BEG MOVED AROUND URTS OR YOU'RE GETTG YOUR ATTORNEY TO WRE A LETTER, ALL STS MONEY. AND WE'RE ALG WH SOMEONE WHO HAS A LOT OF MONEY. I IMAGE HE N KEEP THIS GOG FOR AS LONG AS HE WANTS TO. SO, YEAH, 'S A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S VERY SIAR TO WHAT'S GOG ON WH GAWKER AND PETER THIEL —{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: AND DONALD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DO THAT ASPECT OF IGHTEN YOU, AS A JOURNALIST?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: I THK AMERI IS A REALLY TERTG PLACE. IN NEW ZEALAND, WE DON'T SUE EACH OTHER REALLY MONLY. THERE'S A REALLY SPECIFIC REASON, LIKE SOMEONE'S ARGUG OVER A FENCE THAT'S BEEN PUT UP THAT'S TOO HIGH. SORT OF PRACTIL THGS. AND JOURNALISTS ARE RARELY SUED FOR THGS. WHEREAS AMERI, YOU HAVE A CULTURE WHERE THAT'S THE FIRST THG YOU DO. THERE'S AN ONGOG PATTERN HERE WHERE IF YOU'VE GOT MONEY, YOU N BULLY OTHER PEOPLE TO DOG WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO DO. YOU DON'T NEED TO BE TO W, YOU JT NEED TO BE TO BE A PT. DONALD TMP PROUDLY SU PEOPLE, AND HIS SUPPORTERS ALMOST CELEBRATE HIM FOR THAT. THE PETER THIEL THG — IF YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF MONEY THIS UNTRY, YOU N SHELTER YOURSELF. YOU HAVE A REALLY AMAZG TMP RD OVER PEOPLE WHOUT THAT SH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW MUCH OF THIS MOVIE WAS SIGNED TO FIGHT THAT SPECIFIC PRCIPLE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: WE WANTED TO MAKE A VERY CLEAR POT THAT YOU'VE GOT AN DIVIDUAL WH SEEMGLY ENDLS FUNDG, PREYG ON PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY. THAT'S THE REASON YOUNG PEOPLE GET TO THIS TICKLG PETN THE FIRST PLACE, AND THEN THAT'S ED AGAST THEM WHEN TO THE LEGAL THREATS. EVEN THE WAY WE GRAD THGS: IN NEW YORK, THERE'S A LOT OF GREEN THE BUILDGS, THE LOR OF MONEY. IN MKEGON, WE FILMED SO 'S CREDIBLY WASHED-OUT AND WHE AND BARREN AND POOR, SENTIALLY. WE WANTED TO MAKE THAT PRETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAN YOU TALK ABOUT ANY OF THE WEBSE'S ALLEGATNS, LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU SAID YOU WOULDN'T RERD THE NVERSATNS YOU HAD?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: I N'T MENT ON ANY OF THAT SPECIFILLY. BUT KEV [CLARKE], WHO'S ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN WHO ME OVER TO NEW ZEALAND TO SEE , HAS AN ISSUE WH OUR ETHICS, I SUPPOSE. BUT OM MY PERSPECTIVE, I MA SURE EVERYTHG WE DID WAS PLETELY LEGAL. WE KNEW WE WERE UP AGAST A PANY WH A LOT OF MONEY. WHEN YOU MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT A MOVIE MA ABOUT THEM, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE HAPPY ABOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE OF THE THGS THEY'RE FIXATED ON IS THIS IA THAT JORDAN [SCHILLACHI], ONE OF THE SUBJECTS THE DOCUMENTARY, IS A LIAR. WHERE DO THAT NOTN E OM?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: WE'VE NOW GOT AN STANCE WHERE JORDAN IS ON KEV'S WEBSE APPARENTLY RENTG HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO 'S POSSIBLE THAT HE'S BEG PAID {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: I N'T MENT ON MY THEORI, BUT YOUR GUS IS AS GOOD AS ME. FOR ANYONE THAT'S SEEN THE FILM, I'D ACTIVELY ENURAGE THEM TO GO TO KEV'S WEBSE AND READ . IT'S REALLY FASCATG. IN MY MD, 'S AN EXTENSN OF WHAT WE SEE THE FILM. IT'S ALMOST LIKE WH SCIENTOLOGY, WHERE YOU WATCH GOG CLEAR AND SUDNLY THE TWTER ACUNTS OM THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY ARE TWEETG AT JOURNALISTS. THAT'S ALL HAPPENG NOW, EXCEPT WH TICKLG, WHICH IS KD OF OUTRAGEO. KEV IS TWEETG AT JOURNALISTS AND EMAILG JOURNALISTS, AND THAT'S BEEN HAPPENG SCE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DID YOU ANTICIPATE ANY OF THAT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: NOT AT ALL. I STILL DON'T QUE UNRSTAND THEIR MOTIVATNS FOR TURNG UP TO SCREENGS, EXCEPT THAT I DON'T THK THEY UNRSTAND THE WORLD WE'RE LIVG , WHERE SOMETHG LIKE THAT IS JT MAKG PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE FILM, WHICH WILL MAKE MORE PEOPLE SEE THE FILM, WHICH KD OF EXPOS WHAT THEY'RE DOG. IT'S UNUAL, I {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEY'VE ALSO ACCED YOU OF LLG THE PS WHEN YOU SAW KEV AT A SUNDANCE SCREENG, AND G AS A PUBLICY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TERTG IS TO SEE THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON THGS. THIS YEAR, FOR THE FIRST YEAR AT SUNDANCE, BEE WE LIVE AMERI, THEY WERE DOG BAG CHECKS WH EVERYONE. THAT'S JT CULTURE WE LIVE , BEE AT THE MOMENT, CEMAS AREN'T SAFE PLAC TO BE. THE SEND THAT SOMEONE IS SEEN WHO ULD POTENTIALLY BE UNENTHIASTIC ABOUT THE FILM, BY FLT, THEY'LL JT GET THE POLICE. AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. AN HER NOTICED THAT KEV WAS THE DIENCE AND KEV WAS A CHARACTER ON THE SCREEN. AN DIENCE MEMBER NEXT TO KEV SAID HE WAS FLTERED. SO THE FIRST THG SUNDANCE DID WAS BRG SECURY , BEE THIS IS AMERI, AND EVERYONE WANTS TO BE SAFE. WHEREAS KEV'S PERSPECTIVE ON THAT IS THAT I LLED THE POLICE, I GOT BOMB DOGS , AND I DID FOR A PUBLICY STUNT. THAT'S THE TWO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE'S SO MUCH TO UNPACK THE DOC AND S ENSUG RPONSE TERMS OF HOMOPHOBIA. THERE'S THE WAY JANE O'BRIEN MEDIA TREATS YOU, BUT ALSO THE WAY THEY THREATEN THE MEN AND PRENT THE VIOS THEMSELV, WHICH JANE O'BRIEN ACTIVELY NI ARE HOMOEROTIC, AS IF THAT'S THE WORST POSSIBLE THG. PL THE FACT THAT THE MEN WHO WERE EXPOSED AS PARTICIPANTS THE VIOS WERE ASHAMED SPECIFILLY BEE THE VIOS SEEMED "GAY." WHAT DO YOU THK IS BEHD ALL OF THAT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: YOU'RE TOTALLY RIGHT, THAT SPEAKS TO ALL OF THIS, AND THERE WERE FELY PEOPLE VOLVED WHO ARE — I'M JT THKG ABOUT FAMATN [LGHS] — THERE ARE FELY ISSU OF PEOPLE BEG UNSURE OF THEIR SEXUALY. AN TERTG THG IS THE SHEER FACT THAT ONE OF THE HARASSMENT TECHNIQU IS MAKG THE VIOS LOOK "GAY." IT'S UNFORTUNATE WE LIVE A SOCIETY WHERE THAT'S AN SULT. TO SOME OF THE BOYS, WHO ARE OM REALLY RED STAT AND HAVE FAI WH ARY HISTORY, TO BE LLED GAY IS THE WORST THG IMAGABLE, AND THAT'S ED AGAST THEM. IT'S REALLY TERTG THAT THE ARE THE PEOPLE DRAWN TO THE TICKLG WORLD. IF THE PEOPLE DRAWN TO PETIVE ENDURANCE TICKLG, EVEN IF THEY WERE STRAIGHT, ME OM LIBERAL, ACCEPTG BACKGROUNDS, THE BACKLASH OF LLG THEM GAY WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM. BUT 'S A PROBLEM BEE OF WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE OM. THAT'S REALLY FASCATG TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ORIGALLY, WHEN I WAS FIRST TARGETED, I THK "JANE" [MAK AIR QUOT] THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD BE AN SULT TO ME, THAT I WAS BEG LLED A HOMOSEXUAL JOURNALIST, AND I'D BACK OFF SOMEHOW. WHEREAS WE'RE FAIRLY LIBERAL NEW ZEALAND, AND EVERYTHG ABOUT ME IS ALREADY OUT THERE. I DON'T HAVE ANY SECRETS, SO THERE WAS NOTHG THEY HAD OVER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RIGHT, YOU HAD THAT ARTICLE ABOUT YOU AND YOUR BOYIEND OUT THERE, SO THAT MAK NO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: EVERYTHG ABOUT THIS DON'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE. ASPECTS OF DO, AND ASPECTS OF ARE JT PLETELY LUDICRO TO ME STILL. I STILL WAKE UP SOMETIM AND THK, WHAT JT HAPPENED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS? WHAT THE FUCK IS GOG ON?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF THE ISSU AT THE HEART OF THIS FILM ARE ISSU DIRECTLY EMBEDD AMERIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: VERY MUCH SO. I DON'T THK THIS WHOLE WORLD OF PETIVE TICKLG ULD'VE EMERGED ANYWHERE BUT AMERI. THE WHOLE PREMISE, IF YOU GO TO JANE O'BRIEN'S WEBSE, IS THAT 'S PART OF A REALY-TV PRODUCTN. THAT'S AN IA BORN OUT OF AMERI. THE BOYS ARE LURED BEE THEY'LL GET SH AND HEAD SHOTS FOR THEIR PORTFOL, AND THERE'S THIS WHOLE IA OF BEG FAMO AND MOVG TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL THE OTHER THGS ASSOCIATED WH — WHETHER 'S ISSU OF HARASSG PEOPLE OVER THEIR SEXUALY, OR THE ONGOG POWER STGGLE BETWEEN PEOPLE WH A LOT OF MONEY AND PEOPLE WH NO MONEY — IF THERE WASN'T THAT DISPARY AMERI BETWEEN THE RICH AND THE POOR, WHICH IS HUGE AND WING, THEN THIS FILM WOULDN'T EXIST. IT'S MA BY NEW ZEALANRS, BUT 'S FELY AN AMERIN STORY. ONE OF MY FAVORE SCEN IS WHEN THE NATNAL ANTHEM IS BEG SUNG AT AN MMA MATCH. IT'S TOWARD THE END OF THE FILM, YOU'RE THIS REALLY POOR PLACE, BUT EVERYONE IS STILL STANDG WH GREAT PRI, SGG THE ANTHEM. IT'S JT ONE OF THOSE REALLY SURREAL MOMENTS WHERE YOU GO, "SH, WE'RE AMERI, AND THIS MOVIE ULD NOT EXIST ANYWHERE ELSE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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Q&A: DIRECTOR DAVID FARRIER ON 'TICKLED', HIS TOTALLY BONKERS DOCUMENTARY ABOUT COMPETIVE TICKLGTHE MOVIE IS ABOUT TICKLG, BUT ALSO ABOUT BLACKMAIL, D, WILD AB OF POWER AND PRIVILEGE, AND, UNSURPRISGLY, SID {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}MOVIBY RACHEL HANDLERJULY 6, 2016/11:07 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY RACHEL HANDLERJULY 6, 2016 / 11:07 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"Q&A: DIRECTOR DAVID FARRIER ON 'TICKLED', HIS TOTALLY BONKERS DOCUMENTARY ABOUT COMPETIVE TICKLG","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-07-06T15:07:17.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-07-06T15:07:17.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"RACHEL HANDLER","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE FIRST THG I TELL DAVID FARRIER UPON MEETG HIM IS THAT HIS NEW DOCUMENTARY PROVOKED ME AN UNPARALLELED STRS RPONSE. "MY PALMS WERE LERALLY SWEATG DURG THE LAST 40 MUT," I RM HIM, BEFORE REALIZG THAT THIS IS A GROSS THG TO SAY TO A STRANGER. FORTUNATELY, FARRIER IS LIGHTED. "THANK YOU!" HE REPLI. "IT WAS STRSFUL TO MAKE, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE STRSFUL TO WATCH." FARRIER AND I ARE TALKG ABOUT TICKLG — PETIVE ENDURANCE TICKLG, TO BE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TICKLED, FARRIER'S FIRST DOCUMENTARY, TELLS THE STORY OF HIS OWN TRODUCTN TO THIS LTLE-KNOWN "SPORT." FARRIER IS A NEW ZEALAND JOURNALIST WHO'S BEEN REPORTG ON ALL THGS ABSURD FOR THE LAST . IN 2014, HE WAS TIPPED OFF TO THE UNQUTNABLY HOMOEROTIC BUT OSTENSIBLY HARMLS PRACTICE OF PETIVE TICKLG BY A IEND, WHO SENT HIM A VIO OF MCULAR, ADIDAS-SPORTG YOUNG MEN STRAPPG DOWN, STRADDLG, AND TICKLG ONE ANOTHER TO OBLIVN. AN AMED FARRIER REACHED OUT TO JANE O'BRIEN MEDIA, THE PANY BEHD THE VIOS, WHICH REPLIED WH A HARSHLY HOMOPHOBIC MISSIVE IMPLORG FARRIER TO BACK OFF AND REFG TO "ASSOCIATE WH A HOMOSEXUAL JOURNALIST."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NOW SATIABLY CUR AND MORE THAN A LTLE SPIC, FARRIER AND HIS -DIRECTOR DYLAN REEVE BEGAN A MONTHS-LONG VTIGATN TO THE PETIVE-TICKLG DTRY, WH JANE O'BRIEN MEDIA GROWG CREASGLY RENTFUL AND LIG ALONG THE WAY, EVEN GOG SO FAR AS TO SEND THREE "REPRENTATIV" TO NEW ZEALAND TO DISURAGE THE FILMMAKERS. BUT REEVE AND FARRIER WERE UNTERRED, AND TICKLED, THEATERS NOW, FOLLOWS THE TWO AS THEY FALL DOWN THIS PARTICULARLY BLEAK RABB HOLE, UNVERG BLACKMAIL AND EXTORTN PLOTS, DULENT INTI, TARGETED HARASSMENT, WILD AB OF POWER AND PRIVILEGE, AND, UNSURPRISGLY, SID {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN THE MONTHS SCE TICKLED'S SUNDANCE PREMIERE, THE STORY'S TAKEN AN EVEN STRANGER TURN, WH THE DOCUMENTARY SUBJECTS SHOWG UP AT SCREENGS TO PUBLICLY NOUNCE FARRIER AND REEVE'S FILM, LNCHG A WEBSE THAT PURPORTS TO TELL THE "TTH BEHD THE TICKLED DOCUMENTARY," AND FILG LAWSUS AGAST THE FILMMAKERS. (I SUGGT WATCHG THE MOVIE BEFORE PEERG UNR THE SPECIFIC ROCKS.) BEFORE FARRIER DISEMBARKED TO NEW ZEALAND, I UGHT UP WH HIM OVER FFEE TO TALK ABOUT HIS LONG, STRANGE TRIP TO THE WORLD OF FOR-PROF, PERNIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU MT GET A LOT OF WEIRD TIPS, NSIRG YOUR PAST WORK HAS CENTERED ON THGS LIKE MONGOLIAN ATH WORMS. WHY'D YOU PULL ON THIS PARTICULAR THREAD?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAVID FARRIER: I'VE SEEN A LOT OF WEIRD VIOS AND WEIRD STORI, I SUPPOSE, BUT THIS TMPED THEM, BEE VISUALLY, WAS SUCH AN UNUAL THG TO WATCH. IT WAS A PHOTOGRAPHY STUD, THE YOUNG MEN BRIGHT ADIDAS GEAR — I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS LOOKG AT, WHETHER WAS A SPORT OR A JOKE OR A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHO TIPPED YOU OFF TO ?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: MY IEND THANA. BEE I'VE BEEN VERG WEIRD STUFF FOR 10 YEARS, IENDS TRY TO OUTDO ME WH THE WEIRD THGS THEY FD. USUALLY PEOPLE SEND ME THGS THAT I'VE SEEN BEFORE OR THAT AREN'T VERY SHOCKG. SHE SENT ME THE LK TO JANE O'BRIEN'S WEBSE, WHICH LKED TO THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE. I JT REMEMBERED STG THE NEWSROOM AND BEG BLOWN AWAY AT THE LENGTH OF THEM — THE VIOS ARE LONG, AN HOUR — AND HOW MANY OF THEM THERE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO THEN YOU REACHED OUT TO THEM AND THEY IMMEDIATELY SENT YOU AN ANGRY EMAIL WH THE HOMOPHOBIC SLURS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: IT WASN'T EVEN AN EMAIL! IT WAS RIGHT ON THEIR PUBLIC FACEBOOK WALL. THAT'S WHAT MA EVEN WEIRR. THEY HAD 20,000 LIK, AND THEIR PR WOMAN WROTE, "WE DON'T WANT TO AL WH A HOMOSEXUAL JOURNALIST." WHICH IS WEIRD BEE THE VIOS THEMSELV, AS I SAY THE FILMS, ARE QUE GAY. AND WHAT A STRANGE THG TO SAY! THE FIRST MUNITN I HAD WH THEM WAS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} AND, IRONILLY, THAT'S WHY YOU FOLLOWED THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: RIGHT. IF THEY'D JT REPLIED, "WE'RE A B BY," OR "WE'VE GOT SOMETHG ELSE ON," I WOULD'VE JT MOVED ON TO SOMETHG ELSE. BEE I WAS A DAILY NEWSROOM AND 'S TOO HARD TO CHASE PEOPLE. FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS I WAS BLOGGG ABOUT [PETIVE TICKLG] AS WE EMAILED BACK AND FORTH, AND THAT'S WHEN THEY STARTED SENDG LEGAL THREATS, AND THAT'S WHEN I THOUGHT, OK, MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHG MORE TO THIS. WHEN [JANE O'BRIEN MEDIA] TALKED ABOUT SENDG THREE GUYS TO NEW ZEALAND, THAT'S WHEN I TOLD MY IEND DYLAN — WHO'D ALSO BEEN BLOGGG ABOUT — I VED HIM OUT FOR PIZZA AND SAID, "DYLAN, I THK WE SHOULD DO A KICKSTARTER, BEE THERE'S SOMETHG MORE HERE." PL WE HAD TERT OM THE BLOGS, WE KNEW WE HAD AN DIENCE STG THERE. IT WAS MAYBE THREE WEEKS TO A MONTH [AFTER THE IAL FACEBOOK RPONSE] BEFORE WE KNEW 'D BE A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS A FEMALE JOURNALIST, I GET HARASSED ONLE ALL THE TIME, AND AS MUCH AS I TRY TO STEEL MYSELF TO , SOMETIM STILL STGS. WAS THERE ANY PART OF YOU THAT WAS GENUELY HURT BY THE PERSONAL NATURE OF THE THREATS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: FOR A LTLE WHILE. FOR, LIKE, TWO SENDS. YOU READ , AND YOU THK, OH GOD. BUT WAS SO EXTREME, WAS KD OF ENTERTAG. MAYBE THAT'S THE WRONG WORD, BUT WAS TERTG TO ME, PECIALLY WH THE DISSONANCE OF WHAT WAS THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I KNOW YOU'VE DISCSED YOUR BISEXUALY PRS FOR THIS MOVIE, BUT HOW DID JANE O'BRIEN GET A HOLD OF THAT RMATN, PECIALLY SO QUICKLY AFTER YOU POSTED YOUR QUERY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: I WAS A RELATNSHIP WH A MAN NEW ZEALAND AROUND THE TIME WE WERE BATG THE GAY-MARRIAGE BILL, AND I END UP AN ARTICLE A NEWSPAPER. THEY WOULD'VE GOOGLED MY NAME AND THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A RULT SOMEWHERE, THAT DAVID FARRIER WAS A RELATNSHIP WH SO-AND-SO, SO THEY'D HAVE FOUND THAT AND GOT ANNOYED. IT'S FUNNY BEE I LOOK BACK NOW AND I THK, IF I WASN'T THAT RELATNSHIP, THERE WOULDN'T BE A DOCUMENTARY, EHER. YOU N TRACE ALL BACK TO THE SEMI-RANDOM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DID YOU EVER NSIR DROPPG THE STORY BEE OF THOSE THREATS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: YEAH, I DID. IT'S HARD TO EXPLA HOW UNRELENTG WAS. IT WAS DAILY EMAILS AND PHYSIL LETTERS THREATENG VAR LEGAL THGS. IT JT GETS STRSFUL — I WAS AT A FULL-TIME JOB AT THE TIME. AND I ALSO FELT KD OF BAD FOR DRAGGG DYLAN TO , WHO GOT VOLVED QUE ANILLY. I DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE TO WORRY ABOUT EXCEPT FOR ME, BUT DYLAN HAS CHILDREN AND MEL, HIS WIFE, SO I WAS LIKE, OH GOD, WHAT HAVE WE GOTTEN OURSELV TO?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO WHEN WAS THE POT OF NO RETURN, OF KNOWG YOU WOULDN'T LET GO?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: WHEN THOSE THREE REPRENTATIV STAYED AT THE HILTON NEW ZEALAND FOR A WEEK. WE HAD NVERSATNS ON AND ON AND I BATED THAT WHOLE WEEK. BUT WHEN THOSE GUYS LEFT THE UNTRY, DYLAN AND I WERE LIKE, "LET'S JT GO." THEIR VEILED THREATS THAT WE'D LOSE EVERYTHG IF WE PURSUED THE STORY — WHICH WERE BULLYG TACTICS, REALLY — ALONG WH THE BULLYG WE SAW HAPPENG WH THE WEBS SIGNED TO DISCRED [THE PETIVE-TICKLG-VIO PARTICIPANTS], WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT AS WELL CHARGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}[SPOILERS TO FOLLOW.]{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NEAR THE END OF THE FILM, WE FIGURE OUT THAT DAVID D'AMATO HAS BENT OVER BACKWARDS TO HI THE FACT THAT HE'S BEEN EXPLOG THE YOUNG MEN FOR YEARS. BUT DO YOU THK THAT'S ALL HE'S HIDG? OR DO YOU THK THERE'S MORE TO THE STORY?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: IT'S STRANGE. I'VE BEEN SUED TWICE FOR FAMATN ABOUT THIS, SO I N'T TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT HIS MOTIVATNS, BEE I KEEP GETTG SUED [LGHS]. BUT THIS HAS BEEN GOG ON FOR OVER 20 YEARS NOW, THE PATTERN OF GETTG THE TICKLG VIOS AND HARASSG SOME OF THE MEN AFTER THE FACT. SOME PEOPLE HAVE A GREAT TICKLG EXPERIENCE: THEY FLY TO L.A. AND THEY'RE PAID AND THEY FLY HOME AND THAT'S . BUT SOME OF THEM ARE ON THE RECEIVG END OF THIS SORT OF MPAIGN. IT WAS THE SAME THE TERRI TICKLE DAYS — SOMETIM PEOPLE HAD A FE EXPERIENCE, AND SOME HAD THE VIOS DISTRIBUTED AROUND THEIR ENTIRE LLEGE AND WERE SORT OF SHAMED. I THK 'S PART AND PARCEL OF THE SAME THG. I DON'T THK THERE'S ANYTHG ELSE GOG ON. I THK 'S THIS PATTERN OF NTROL OVER THE YOUNG MEN AND GETTG THEM TO MAKE THE VIOS, AND THEN NTROLLG THEM FURTHER WH THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT WAS REALLY FASCATG TO ME, HOW THE TICKLG FETISH IS AT S HEART ABOUT POWER AND NTROL, AND THEN THE VIOS THEMSELV ARE ED TO NTROL THE MEN BEG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: TOTALLY. I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE [D'AMATO] WOULD LIKE MORE. I DON'T THK THE TICKLG IS ENOUGH, AND I DON'T THK THE HARASSMENT IS ENOUGH. IT'S ALL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT DO YOU ULTIMATELY WANT TO E OUT OF ALL OF THIS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: DURG THE MAKG OF THE FILM, I REACHED OUT TO THE ORIGAL FBI AGENT WHO WAS VOLVED A AGO TO SAY, "THIS STUFF IS STILL HAPPENG." I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHG BACK. THE IA IS TO MAKE THE FILM AND PUT OUT TO THE WORLD. THERE ARE THE THGS THAT ARE HAPPENG THAT ARE UNJT, IF NOT ILLEGAL — I'M NOT A LEGAL EXPERT — AND BY SHG A LIGHT ON , HOPEFULLY THERE'LL BE A RULT. EVEN JT THE SIMPLE FACT THAT MAYBE PEOPLE WILL THK TWICE BEFORE GOG ON A PETIVE-TICKLG SHOOT. IF YOU GOOGLE NOW, YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THIS FILM THAT SHOWS THE OTHER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT'S THE UPDATE ON THE LEGAL SUATN AT THIS POT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: I WAS AT THE TE/FALSE FILM FTIVAL AND THIS WOMAN SERVED ME THERE. SHE TAPPED ME ON THE SHOULR AND ASKED WHO I WAS, AND I SAID "DAVID FARRIER," AND SHE WAS LIKE, "YOU'RE SERVED." I WAS LIKE, "GOT ME!" THERE WAS ANOTHER POSN UTAH, AT SUNDANCE — BASILLY, WHEREVER THE FILM WAS SHOWG, I WAS BEG SUED THERE. THOSE WERE WHDRAWN OVER JURISDICTN. AND DAVID D'AMATO SHOWED UP TO A SCREENG LOS ANGEL AND TOLD THERE THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN DISMISSED, BUT THAT THEY'LL BE REFILED, I THK. DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT, BUT THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET, TO MY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WATCHG THE VIO OF D'AMATO AT THE SCREENG, WHAT STANDS OUT TO ME IS HOW LM HE IS. HE'S SO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: WHEN I [FIRST] MET HIM, L.A., HE WAS VERY LM. VERY FLAT. THAT'S JT THE WAY HE RPONDS. HE GO STANTLY TO LEGAL SPEAK, AND I THK THAT'S WHAT HE'S ALWAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW NCERNED ARE YOU ABOUT THE LAWSUS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: WELL, WHEN YOU'RE SUED, STS MONEY. WHETHER THGS ARE BEG MOVED AROUND URTS OR YOU'RE GETTG YOUR ATTORNEY TO WRE A LETTER, ALL STS MONEY. AND WE'RE ALG WH SOMEONE WHO HAS A LOT OF MONEY. I IMAGE HE N KEEP THIS GOG FOR AS LONG AS HE WANTS TO. SO, YEAH, 'S A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT'S VERY SIAR TO WHAT'S GOG ON WH GAWKER AND PETER THIEL —{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: AND DONALD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DO THAT ASPECT OF IGHTEN YOU, AS A JOURNALIST?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: I THK AMERI IS A REALLY TERTG PLACE. IN NEW ZEALAND, WE DON'T SUE EACH OTHER REALLY MONLY. THERE'S A REALLY SPECIFIC REASON, LIKE SOMEONE'S ARGUG OVER A FENCE THAT'S BEEN PUT UP THAT'S TOO HIGH. SORT OF PRACTIL THGS. AND JOURNALISTS ARE RARELY SUED FOR THGS. WHEREAS AMERI, YOU HAVE A CULTURE WHERE THAT'S THE FIRST THG YOU DO. THERE'S AN ONGOG PATTERN HERE WHERE IF YOU'VE GOT MONEY, YOU N BULLY OTHER PEOPLE TO DOG WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO DO. YOU DON'T NEED TO BE TO W, YOU JT NEED TO BE TO BE A PT. DONALD TMP PROUDLY SU PEOPLE, AND HIS SUPPORTERS ALMOST CELEBRATE HIM FOR THAT. THE PETER THIEL THG — IF YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF MONEY THIS UNTRY, YOU N SHELTER YOURSELF. YOU HAVE A REALLY AMAZG TMP RD OVER PEOPLE WHOUT THAT SH {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW MUCH OF THIS MOVIE WAS SIGNED TO FIGHT THAT SPECIFIC PRCIPLE?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: WE WANTED TO MAKE A VERY CLEAR POT THAT YOU'VE GOT AN DIVIDUAL WH SEEMGLY ENDLS FUNDG, PREYG ON PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY. THAT'S THE REASON YOUNG PEOPLE GET TO THIS TICKLG PETN THE FIRST PLACE, AND THEN THAT'S ED AGAST THEM WHEN TO THE LEGAL THREATS. EVEN THE WAY WE GRAD THGS: IN NEW YORK, THERE'S A LOT OF GREEN THE BUILDGS, THE LOR OF MONEY. IN MKEGON, WE FILMED SO 'S CREDIBLY WASHED-OUT AND WHE AND BARREN AND POOR, SENTIALLY. WE WANTED TO MAKE THAT PRETTY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CAN YOU TALK ABOUT ANY OF THE WEBSE'S ALLEGATNS, LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU SAID YOU WOULDN'T RERD THE NVERSATNS YOU HAD?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: I N'T MENT ON ANY OF THAT SPECIFILLY. BUT KEV [CLARKE], WHO'S ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN WHO ME OVER TO NEW ZEALAND TO SEE , HAS AN ISSUE WH OUR ETHICS, I SUPPOSE. BUT OM MY PERSPECTIVE, I MA SURE EVERYTHG WE DID WAS PLETELY LEGAL. WE KNEW WE WERE UP AGAST A PANY WH A LOT OF MONEY. WHEN YOU MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT A MOVIE MA ABOUT THEM, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE HAPPY ABOUT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE OF THE THGS THEY'RE FIXATED ON IS THIS IA THAT JORDAN [SCHILLACHI], ONE OF THE SUBJECTS THE DOCUMENTARY, IS A LIAR. WHERE DO THAT NOTN E OM?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: WE'VE NOW GOT AN STANCE WHERE JORDAN IS ON KEV'S WEBSE APPARENTLY RENTG HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SO 'S POSSIBLE THAT HE'S BEG PAID {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: I N'T MENT ON MY THEORI, BUT YOUR GUS IS AS GOOD AS ME. FOR ANYONE THAT'S SEEN THE FILM, I'D ACTIVELY ENURAGE THEM TO GO TO KEV'S WEBSE AND READ . IT'S REALLY FASCATG. IN MY MD, 'S AN EXTENSN OF WHAT WE SEE THE FILM. IT'S ALMOST LIKE WH SCIENTOLOGY, WHERE YOU WATCH GOG CLEAR AND SUDNLY THE TWTER ACUNTS OM THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY ARE TWEETG AT JOURNALISTS. THAT'S ALL HAPPENG NOW, EXCEPT WH TICKLG, WHICH IS KD OF OUTRAGEO. KEV IS TWEETG AT JOURNALISTS AND EMAILG JOURNALISTS, AND THAT'S BEEN HAPPENG SCE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DID YOU ANTICIPATE ANY OF THAT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: NOT AT ALL. I STILL DON'T QUE UNRSTAND THEIR MOTIVATNS FOR TURNG UP TO SCREENGS, EXCEPT THAT I DON'T THK THEY UNRSTAND THE WORLD WE'RE LIVG , WHERE SOMETHG LIKE THAT IS JT MAKG PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE FILM, WHICH WILL MAKE MORE PEOPLE SEE THE FILM, WHICH KD OF EXPOS WHAT THEY'RE DOG. IT'S UNUAL, I {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEY'VE ALSO ACCED YOU OF LLG THE PS WHEN YOU SAW KEV AT A SUNDANCE SCREENG, AND G AS A PUBLICY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TERTG IS TO SEE THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON THGS. THIS YEAR, FOR THE FIRST YEAR AT SUNDANCE, BEE WE LIVE AMERI, THEY WERE DOG BAG CHECKS WH EVERYONE. THAT'S JT CULTURE WE LIVE , BEE AT THE MOMENT, CEMAS AREN'T SAFE PLAC TO BE. THE SEND THAT SOMEONE IS SEEN WHO ULD POTENTIALLY BE UNENTHIASTIC ABOUT THE FILM, BY FLT, THEY'LL JT GET THE POLICE. AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. AN HER NOTICED THAT KEV WAS THE DIENCE AND KEV WAS A CHARACTER ON THE SCREEN. AN DIENCE MEMBER NEXT TO KEV SAID HE WAS FLTERED. SO THE FIRST THG SUNDANCE DID WAS BRG SECURY , BEE THIS IS AMERI, AND EVERYONE WANTS TO BE SAFE. WHEREAS KEV'S PERSPECTIVE ON THAT IS THAT I LLED THE POLICE, I GOT BOMB DOGS , AND I DID FOR A PUBLICY STUNT. THAT'S THE TWO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE'S SO MUCH TO UNPACK THE DOC AND S ENSUG RPONSE TERMS OF HOMOPHOBIA. THERE'S THE WAY JANE O'BRIEN MEDIA TREATS YOU, BUT ALSO THE WAY THEY THREATEN THE MEN AND PRENT THE VIOS THEMSELV, WHICH JANE O'BRIEN ACTIVELY NI ARE HOMOEROTIC, AS IF THAT'S THE WORST POSSIBLE THG. PL THE FACT THAT THE MEN WHO WERE EXPOSED AS PARTICIPANTS THE VIOS WERE ASHAMED SPECIFILLY BEE THE VIOS SEEMED "GAY." WHAT DO YOU THK IS BEHD ALL OF THAT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: YOU'RE TOTALLY RIGHT, THAT SPEAKS TO ALL OF THIS, AND THERE WERE FELY PEOPLE VOLVED WHO ARE — I'M JT THKG ABOUT FAMATN [LGHS] — THERE ARE FELY ISSU OF PEOPLE BEG UNSURE OF THEIR SEXUALY. AN TERTG THG IS THE SHEER FACT THAT ONE OF THE HARASSMENT TECHNIQU IS MAKG THE VIOS LOOK "GAY." IT'S UNFORTUNATE WE LIVE A SOCIETY WHERE THAT'S AN SULT. TO SOME OF THE BOYS, WHO ARE OM REALLY RED STAT AND HAVE FAI WH ARY HISTORY, TO BE LLED GAY IS THE WORST THG IMAGABLE, AND THAT'S ED AGAST THEM. IT'S REALLY TERTG THAT THE ARE THE PEOPLE DRAWN TO THE TICKLG WORLD. IF THE PEOPLE DRAWN TO PETIVE ENDURANCE TICKLG, EVEN IF THEY WERE STRAIGHT, ME OM LIBERAL, ACCEPTG BACKGROUNDS, THE BACKLASH OF LLG THEM GAY WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM. BUT 'S A PROBLEM BEE OF WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE OM. THAT'S REALLY FASCATG TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ORIGALLY, WHEN I WAS FIRST TARGETED, I THK "JANE" [MAK AIR QUOT] THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD BE AN SULT TO ME, THAT I WAS BEG LLED A HOMOSEXUAL JOURNALIST, AND I'D BACK OFF SOMEHOW. WHEREAS WE'RE FAIRLY LIBERAL NEW ZEALAND, AND EVERYTHG ABOUT ME IS ALREADY OUT THERE. I DON'T HAVE ANY SECRETS, SO THERE WAS NOTHG THEY HAD OVER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RIGHT, YOU HAD THAT ARTICLE ABOUT YOU AND YOUR BOYIEND OUT THERE, SO THAT MAK NO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: EVERYTHG ABOUT THIS DON'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE. ASPECTS OF DO, AND ASPECTS OF ARE JT PLETELY LUDICRO TO ME STILL. I STILL WAKE UP SOMETIM AND THK, WHAT JT HAPPENED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS? WHAT THE FUCK IS GOG ON?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF THE ISSU AT THE HEART OF THIS FILM ARE ISSU DIRECTLY EMBEDD AMERIN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FARRIER: VERY MUCH SO. I DON'T THK THIS WHOLE WORLD OF PETIVE TICKLG ULD'VE EMERGED ANYWHERE BUT AMERI. THE WHOLE PREMISE, IF YOU GO TO JANE O'BRIEN'S WEBSE, IS THAT 'S PART OF A REALY-TV PRODUCTN. THAT'S AN IA BORN OUT OF AMERI. THE BOYS ARE LURED BEE THEY'LL GET SH AND HEAD SHOTS FOR THEIR PORTFOL, AND THERE'S THIS WHOLE IA OF BEG FAMO AND MOVG TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALL THE OTHER THGS ASSOCIATED WH — WHETHER 'S ISSU OF HARASSG PEOPLE OVER THEIR SEXUALY, OR THE ONGOG POWER STGGLE BETWEEN PEOPLE WH A LOT OF MONEY AND PEOPLE WH NO MONEY — IF THERE WASN'T THAT DISPARY AMERI BETWEEN THE RICH AND THE POOR, WHICH IS HUGE AND WING, THEN THIS FILM WOULDN'T EXIST. IT'S MA BY NEW ZEALANRS, BUT 'S FELY AN AMERIN STORY. ONE OF MY FAVORE SCEN IS WHEN THE NATNAL ANTHEM IS BEG SUNG AT AN MMA MATCH. IT'S TOWARD THE END OF THE FILM, YOU'RE THIS REALLY POOR PLACE, BUT EVERYONE IS STILL STANDG WH GREAT PRI, SGG THE ANTHEM. IT'S JT ONE OF THOSE REALLY SURREAL MOMENTS WHERE YOU GO, "SH, WE'RE AMERI, AND THIS MOVIE ULD NOT EXIST ANYWHERE ELSE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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