Thursday, May 23, 2013

Zoo

Zoo is a documentary far better than it aught to have been.

A few years ago in a village near Seattle, a man was fatally injured while having sex with a horse. After the investigation it turned out this wasn't a freak incident. The man was on a farm where people who wanted to have sex with animals could do so.

The documentary then is about the death, the people and events leading up to the death, and it's aftermath. This subject matter is great stuff for a hyperbolic media circus.

But that's not how the documentary is. It tells the story with understanding, sympathy even. While the documentary is not pro-bestiality, it does try to help someone understand why someone would be attracted to animals. And that's a little creepy.



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