The Antisocial Network Review
An amusing, troubling documentary about the contemporary webUpgraded: Apr 5, 2024 9:58 pmPublished: Apr 5, 2024 9:56 pmFrom directors Arthur Jones and Giorgio Angelini, The Antisocial Network paints a chilling picture of how the web bleeds over into reality and genuine politics. Narrating an age when online areas work as both escape hatch and a system for control,, the documentary convincingly declares that it's not just possible to draw a straight line from 4chan shitposts to the January 6 insurrection, however sensible. Amusing and haunting in equivalent step, the movie follows Jones and Angelini's previous documentary Feels Good Man (which Jones directed and Angelini produced), which traces Pepe the Frog's arc from guileless web-comic character to harmless meme to coded hate sign. With...