I watched Sam's video three times already.
First watch was surreal, it was like I had a window into something I shouldn't be seeing.
Second watch was appreciating the depth of the comedy on display, mostly spent laughing like a retard who just got handed some candy.
Third watch was more analytic, my autism came on display & dissected most of the interaction between Sam & Ian.
While it was an amazing watch, I was left with a few questions.
1.) What was the intention of fucking with Ian? Was it simply a way to get laughs from him & his audience, or was it legit meant to fool him into believing the jokes were real?
If it was meant to be believable, then based on what we saw really only the fake GF, Jet & the heavyset rapper dude pulled it off IMO. Sam especially was trying too hard & it
was obvious to the veiwer as well as Ian. If just to get laughs, well it accomplished that with me personally. Although a lot of their adlib sketch humor doesn't
resonate with me (like the ghost sucker stuff), I appreciate the general vibe of the whole crew, must be pretty fun being involved.
2.) Why didn't Ian speak up once he realized it was all a show? It's obvious he smelled BS from the start, but he never called them out on it. For that reason I put the ultimate
blame on Ian for the doc being "ruined" (in his eyes) & subsequently scrapped. He kinda went into autism mode & shut down. Anytime Sam was throwing banter his way, he had nothing to reciprocate. Honestly it was hilariously painful to watch. I think Ian was thrown off by Sam's energy & willingness to engage, but most of the tension came from the whole squad being there. He probably expected more one-on-one situations, but the fact that he didn't just call them out at the start is what I feel "ruined" the documentary. In short he fucked it up himself.
3.) I'm not sure what the intention of documenting Sam was, but I did get the feeling it had to do with "dunking on a washed-up alt right comedian" who as a bonus had spurned him in the past by copyrighting a video (a reinforcing argument to make him look bad). During the interview portion when Ian talked about making Sam look bad on purpose then said "jk bro", I got the feeling that what he said was genuine to a degree but then he walked it back as a joke. I'm sure many of you have said something derogatory which you actually meant to someone through the veil of a joke, as I myself have. Either way it seems obvious to me that Ian had a particular narrative he wanted to craft but was unable to. At worst he could've uploaded the footage to his second channel with an introduction explaining the situation. The fact that he didn't tells me this was less for entertainment & he had something more "serious" in mind.
Either way I'm glad we all have another cool video to watch. Props to everyone involved