The Loving Trap

Ben Woodhams · comedy · Watch on YouTube

What it is

A three-minute parody of Adam Curtis's documentary style, assembled from archive footage with his typical narration and leaps of logic.

Recommended as the standard companion to any Adam Curtis film, since it lampoons the style and gives reasons to take his claims with skepticism.

“You should always acompany this documentary with a watch of this short little video.”
Short video mocking Curtis's style with good points.
fimdomeio, 2021-11 · Strong recommendation · in “Can't Get You Out of My Head”
“it's worth watching the parody video”
Short parody of Adam Curtis's documentary style.
HarrietJones, 2012-07 · Recommendation · in “All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace”
“This is better”
Parody presented as better than Curtis's films.
craig552uk, 2012-07 · Recommendation · in “All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace”
“(spoiler: it's a parody of Curtis's methods)”
Parody of Curtis's methods.
jn, 2013-12 · Recommendation · in “What the Fluck”
“See the following brilliantly observed parody for the reasons to take him with a pinch of salt”
Observant parody encouraging skepticism of Curtis.
JonnieCache, 2013-12 · Recommendation · in “What the Fluck”
“I recommend this parody/critique”
Parody/critique giving context to Curtis's documentaries.
andreaja, 2014-01 · Recommendation · in “Amusing ourselves to death”
“You can't miss this parody”
Parody of Curtis not to be missed.
benkant, 2015-02 · Recommendation · in “Adam Curtis: Bitter Lake”
“This spoof sums it up pretty well I think”
Spoof highlighting leaps of logic in Curtis's films.
thackerhacker, 2017-02 · Recommendation · in “HyperNormalisation (2016) [video]”

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Topics: adam curtis, parody, documentary style, archive footage, media criticism