Chaos d'anthologie: Un maire en roue libre

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.

I was no fan of Rob as our Mayor. It was a circus our city did not deserve. But watching this documentary allowed me to see the human side of him and the tragedy that it was. Many of us are like Rob. Survivors of childhood trauma. This is the example of what happens if you don't deal with it. I feel sad for him that he had to live it out so publicly. May he rest in peace. I heard Doug say he had no intentions of watching this, but I think he should. I think this was done very fairly and balanced. And may anybody who's walking in similar footsteps to Rob Ford find a pathway to healing and treatment they so deserve.

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.

I really enjoyed this film. I was not sure if I would but I thought this was a good documentary. If you don't know who Bob Ford is this film gives you a quick overview of his political career. Maybe even too quick, as the film is only about 45 minutes. He's what I will say from the outside looking in, and again, this is only my opinion no fact her, it seem like he had a very strong personality and when he put his mind to getting something done it got done. Which is what I believe his fans loved about him. What his enemies didn't love was the fact that he was changing things in his local government from how things have always been. Regardless his life was cut tragically short. However, you cant be caught on tape breaking the law and you are in government. This film is good to watch if you don't know the history.

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.