MAD AS HELL follows Cenk Uygur's transformation from unknown talk show host on local Public Access TV to an internet sensation with his online news show "The Young Turks," which has amassed over one billion views on YouTube. Once Cenk ventures from the internet into national television and lands the 6 PM time slot on MSNBC, his uncensored brand of journalism is compromised and Cenk becomes the nexus in the battle between new and old media.
Editing
Relentless archival footage pacing mirrors Cenk's own energy
Writing
Turns media criticism into genuinely funny character study
Director
Andrew Napier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released at peak 2014 'YouTube is the future' optimism, before everyone realized algorithms would just create new gatekeepers. The documentary now plays like a time capsule of misplaced techno-utopianism.
Director Andrew Napier edited for TYT before making this — the access came from inside the house, which explains why Cenk let the camera catch his actual jerk moments instead of pure hagiography.
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