I must admit, I felt nervous when I heard that we MISC students had an extended break for the Independence Day weekend. I’ve been in Portland for forty-eight hours, I thought while leaving homeroom on Friday. I don’t even know the bus system, for crying out loud. What on earth am I supposed to do with myself? Who will I hang out with? This weekend’s gonna suck. Long story short, it didn’t – I took a bus to Seattle to see a friend and it was great. The highlight of my weekend, though, occurred when my friend was at work (no offense, Joelle) and I caught the new documentary Weiner. As I watched, I couldn’t help but view it through the lenses I had just acquired at camp. Weiner’s subject is Anthony Weiner. If you’ve forgotten him, you may remember his alter ego, Carlos Danger, and the sexting scandal that forced him to resign from the House of Representatives in 2011. This documentary, however, was directed by Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg and covers Weiner’s doomed 2013 run for mayor of New York City. (Weiner lost to Bill De Blasio, in part because more women came forward with explicit pictures and texts from him during his campaign.) The first thing that struck me while watching Weiner was how excellent and…show more content… At one point, Weiner is at his desk, eating and watching an interview with Lawrence O’Donnell that ends in a shouting match. He tries to pretend the segment makes him look good (it really doesn’t) and encourages Huma to watch it with him. Huma is framed on the right, and her expression can be described as pained, incredulous, or infuriated. She quickly leaves, and Weiner is left alone with the glow of the computer for a few seconds before the shot cuts. This framing contributes not only to the story of Weiner’s struggle to make it in the election, but also his relationship with Huma. I could go on and on about more such
