Jul
6th
2007
greg whiteley’s new movie: resolved
a documentary about high school debate, some have compared it to “spellbound.” check out the trailer at debatemovie.com.
the movie received the audience choice award at last month’s LA film festival.
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Yikes. Reminds me how psychotic most of high school debate is.
I remember going to “debate club” when I was a freshman in high school and being totally turned off by “policy debate.” What a ridiculous way to argue.
When I was a senior, a friend re-introduced me to the debate club, which had switched to Classical/Lincoln-Douglas style debating. No babbling at high speed, no “evidence cards”, just brief research on various topics and then arguing about it. Kind of like…a blog!
Doug, you’re lame. Policy debate is totally sweet and people who get turned off by the speed our just being closed-minded. It’s like whining about how baseball is too hard because they throw the ball so fast or basketball stinks because everyone is so tall…if you had stuck with it, you might have gotten use to the speed. And it’s not like everyone starts out going blazing face. Most early debates are slow so that people get the basics down and then it is sped up. As for Lincoln-Douglas debate, policy debaters have another name for that….Learning-Disabled Debate. Sorry had to talk a little smack. peace.
Double yikes.
If that is the type of critical thinking that policy debate teaches…I’m glad I opted out!
The only problem with Whitely’s film, of course, is that he completely ripped off two other filmmakers, James Crotty and Justin Oberman, debate coaches who were also making a feature-length documentary about high school policy debate. Whitely actually had the audacity to steal the name “Resolved” and many of the creative ideas the Oberman shared with him in the spirit of goodwill. That’s the talk anyway. Karl Rove was a policy debater. Maybe Whitely picked up some Machiavellian tricks from him. Pretty audacious really when you consider this: http://www.resolvedthemovie.com. I don’t where this film is at in its cycle, though word is Crotty is still working on it.
that’s a pretty serious charge. maybe you could be more specific about “the talk.” from visiting the website you linked, i see how the two films seem very similar, but that’s all.
yeah, and whiteley probably has ties to halliburton and bushitler!
First of all, policy debate pwns all.
Second of all, LD should be called Ladies-Debate
Third of all, where can I get a copy of the full documentary???