Feels Good Man

2020 94 min ★ 7.0 Documentary

When indie comic character Pepe the Frog becomes an unwitting icon of hate, his creator, artist Matt Furie, fights to bring Pepe back from the darkness and navigate America's cultural divide.

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Cast

Matt Furie

Self - Artist, Creator of Pepe the Frog

Aiyana Udesen

Self - Artist, Matt's Partner

Chris Sullivan

Self - Matt & Aiyana's Housemate

Johnny Ryan

Self - Typical Cartoonist

Lisa Hanawalt

Self - Artist & Writer

Emily Heller

Self - Comedian & TV Writer

Susan Blackmore

Self - Psychologist & Memetist

Dale Beran

Self - Artist & Writer

Mills

Self - 4channer

Peder Riis

Self - Cartoonist

Details

Director

Arthur Jones

Tagline

"I heard you pull yer pants all the way to go pee."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Museum & Crane, Wavelength, XTR, ITVS, Independent Lens, Secret Sauce Media

Reviews

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SWITCH.

October 21, 2020

★ 8/10

'Feels Good Man' is an extremely well-crafted documentary that does an excellent job explaining the very dark sub-culture of 4chan to non-nerdburgers. It's one of the first large-scale attempts to document how a meme gains popularity - which, by design, is nearly impossible, since there is no formula to create a meme, nor is there one that decides what will become popular. Arthur Jones tells an ab...