Trainwreck: il sindaco del caos

I'm a Vancouverite and I wasn't Canadian when Rob Ford was mayor of Toronto. But i remember reading about it all on international media.

This documentary is engaging and keeps you glued with quick pivots. The biggest criticism i have is it was negative-heavy. Why weren't his policy decisions mentioned at all? Why not show his good work as legacy, and not just his public connect? Why was the documentary so 'sudden-event-based' and not informative? Is the underlying message that a person who consumes drugs is still worthless? Given the loose mention of smoking weed in the documentary, that's not true at all. The premise that a man's private life is made a spectacle by the media should be a negative on the media and not the man himself.

Funny how the media escapes criticism and pretends they're just messengers.

Yes, it showes a lot of the scandal and negative. However, don't just look at the surface, but dig deep and think about it: Ford was a very dedicated human being, who truly cared about people in his city, and like all people he had his struggles. Faced with challenges and scandals he really did the best he could in a very demanding role under very challenging circumstances. I always admired Ford for his brash and off-the-wall style, and I think this reaffirmed for me how people like to stigmatize people with mental health and substance use challenges. But often we are too quick to judge without looking at ourselves and realizing our humanity.

Poor Rob wanted to impress his Dad. Sound familiar? That is not the only glaring point that rang true for his values as well as the fool in DC right now. Except for the substance abuse which, of course, the king down south is famous for being clean and dry, their approaches to politics and fame were/are quite identical. I kept looking at poor Doug's face as he accompanied his brother at the podium many times, looking at him through the lens of revisionist history, what he was thinking we will never know. Rob resembled Chris Farley at his SNL-craziest. I did not necessarily learn a lot watching this doc, but I was shocked at how his enablers let so much go, right to the end. RIP.

Legacy media is all the same, no matter the country. All over the world, if someone is upsetting the natural order, they must be destroyed at all costs.

There is a reason Gawker is now defunct- and while I wouldn't necessarily qualify them as legacy media, they are part of the larger issue. If you want to see where the rot is, pull back the layers to see what that will expose. As the saying goes, 'The best disinfectant is sunlight.' Rob Ford wasn't necessarily a beacon of goodness, but I wouldn't challenge anyone to find a single person who is above the slightest reproach- he had flaws but he got work done and his constituency adored him because he did the work everyone else made excuses for not doing.

This feels like they are still angry and bitter over his ability to finesse and avoid the nonsense, until it became so relentless there was no other choice. It's ironic that the media talking head makes the Trump comparison- because it was blatantly obvious, even back then. The media are who they are, and now more than ever they've finally been exposed to sunlight and very few even give them a sideways glance.

It couldn't happen to a better example of narcissistic, megalomaniac elites- they wrote their own downfall.

Rob's life story, encompassing his struggles, achievements, and personal battles, truly deserves more recognition and respect than the title of this documentary suggests. Unfortunately, the film falls short, presenting a skewed narrative that appears to be driven by political motivations. This is reminiscent of how the media portrayed Rob during his lifetime, often focusing on sensationalism rather than a balanced representation of his character and contributions. It's disheartening to see such a powerful narrative undermined by a lack of objectivity and depth. A proper biography with human side of good, bad and ugly would have been a better fit.