Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy

Interesting for me here in Sweden. I follow the downfall of Diddy from a distance.

It starts all right with a look into his childhood and some good scenes with a guy called Tim Patterson. He tells about how Puff was raised and I as a viewer I get some valuable insights.

But then, it gets pretty unfocused. There are a lot of accusations - rape, drugging, violence, all you can think of. The score is like a mix of something from a horror movie and a block buster trailer. A lot of slams, eerie sounds and bombastic stuff.

Far from a minimal approach. I think it gets kind of shallow. It's more like a Wikipedia of accusations than a real movie with a solid storytelling.

As anyone with an IQ over 50 will realise, we live in an era of trial by mediia.

Add to that the socio-cultural misandrist agenda the media perpetuates, plenty of 'he said, she said' and you have a viable product in itself.

My main problem with this whole phenomenon is the man has not been found guilty of anything in court.

In this 'documentary' there are plenty of relative nobodies claiming to have knowledge of all manner of behaviour, which is damning in and of itself.

However I draw the line when: I don't have all the facts; it's Hollywood so whose agenda is on display here? And furthermore, until he is charged, I have no respect for this low quality type of 'investigative journalism'.

Whatever happened to ethics in the media?

Why do we allow one of the most powerful institutions on this planet to serve up sensationalist rumour and here-say?

A low, low point in the history of the media again.

I'm disgusted by not only the level of this, but the eagerness of the public to consume it and believe it.

'By giving us the opinions of the uneducated journalism keeps us in constant contact with the community.' Oscar Wilde.

The actual story of Diddy's life and allegations is intriguing and interesting - but this documentary only tells a a disjointed superficial tale with no depth, tabloid-like conspiracy theories and the very few actual facts and witnesses do not come across as believable or authentic. It seems the focus is on trying to create dramatic moments with audio/visual effects - but with a total lack of focus on substance.

To make matters worse - it is clearly cut for US television with constant "dramatic" cliff hangers to be placed just before commercials, followed by repetitive content to follow after the commercial break. I could live with it if the substance was there and the cliff hangers were actually exciting - but they are not. They just thought "let's put a commercial break here - and whatever we talk about just before, let's invent something dramatic". Yuk!

You also has to endure a constant dramatic soundtrack. At no time is there no dramatic music in the background.

There is so much subject matter in this case to make a good documentary - so how they have managed to screw this up so badly is quite a mystery.

I liked this documentary. I liked Tim because he confirmed for me exactly what I thought was the beginning of Puffs crazy world- His mother Janice Combs along with those in the industry who may have made Puff do things for that power.

Me , my sister and a few friends was at City College that night. We were stuck in the crowd. It was so crowded on that staircase that my feet wasn't touching the stairs anymore. I got into the gym. My friend April was one of the last people I saw get through the doors before I saw dead bodies being pulled into the gym. I did a show about this on my YouTube page years ago "Straight Talk With Ms. Tee.

Also my uncle is one of the guys who got Puff's father into the Nicky Barnes crew. Please know it's only alleged that Melvin snitched. IT'S NOT A FACT.

What kind of people actually care about anything pertaining to this no-talented "alleged" serial rapist and sleazy lowlife? (And anyone who is a fan of such a person is no better than they are.) But of course there will be those who make Combs sound like a victim and loudly claim he's being targeted because of his color, the same people who cheered when double murderer O. J. Simpson was found not guilty during his criminal trial. (He was found guilty in his civil trial.) There's a big difference between being a "bad boy" and a serial criminal. Combs is just another one who thought his undeserved celebrity status put him above the law and would shield him from the consequences of his crimes. If there's any justice, he'll spend the rest of his life behind bars. Too bad Bill Cosby can't join him.