Scardy-Cat Reflection

While watching the documentary Scaredy-Cat I could connect with the autobiographer because of all of his tendencies—or rituals—the he was having were feeding off of a false fear after being jumped. He believed that it was a gang of black men, but in fact, there were multiple raced men who attacked him. This is what many women in America are experiencing because there have been so many women who are afraid of going out without being harassed in some way. And I am one of those women, so I understand why he had to hide behind something. To be at the wrong place at the wrong time happens to a lot more people than you think.

The way that the transitions between the past and the present using the animation as a flashback and non-animation as the present really interested me because I have never experienced something like that before. It was interesting to see how he would transition from him speaking to the animation—It is something that I would like to see more in documentaries. On the other hand, I think that it can confuse some individuals because the flashbacks are quite foggy which was hard to understand what was happening in them. That was the only thing that I would slightly change, but I believe that he meant it to be that way because it was dark and he couldn’t make out the who attacked him which is why it was that way.

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  1. dr. kyburzSeptember 19, 2018 at 11:58 AM

    I'm sorry you identify with the fear. As a woman, I share in it. Keep talking and voting and ... hoping :)

    I appreciate your comments about the animation and enthusiastically agree. I love the style of animation used. There is a simple, haunting quality to it that really gets after the nature of trauma and memory.

    Thanks for your thoughtful reflection.

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