re: #177 Killgore Trout

Protip: If you encounter a youtube video with an obnoxiously long advertisement (anything over 30 seconds), just past it into the LGF preview window. This had and absurd 2:30 ad but for old school internet fans it’s still worth a watch.
Where the Hell is Matt? 2012

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Here’s the reddit AMA (ask Me Anything) about the video
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His dancing has much improved over the years. Here’s the explanaition of why the Syrian dancer’s faces are blurred out…

It was a sticky issue that I agonized over for months as I watched the news in Syria get worse and worse. I filmed those clips back in July of 2010, about 6 months before the Arab Spring.

At the time, the dancers were fine with appearing in the video. When things turned bad, I was unsure whether contacting them would put them in jeopardy, and I couldn’t find any other way to reach out to them.

In the end, I decided to use the footage but keep them thoroughly blurred for their safety.

I made the decision not to cut the footage out, because it spoke so directly to what the video is about for me.

To be clear, it’s not a matter of religious conservatism. As I understand it, Syria is relatively liberal about things like men and women dancing together. It’s more of a political issue. Their government is just killing people willly nilly at this point.

He’s a good egg