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Regarding the pain of others

The Documentary Podcast

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The Camera, or Multiple Cameras, Changes the Nature of the Situation

Do you think the presence of a camera, or multiple cameras, changes the nature of an episode that is being recorded? It's a very hard question to answer, because obviously you can't really test that out empirically. Reporters and photographers share a guilty secret that we enjoy it. The thrill of the proximity of mortal risk, of th exposure to human extremes is a dictive. You never feel more alive, more in love with being alive, than when you're living on the edge like this. In middle age, i do not want to be parted from it altogether.

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