at first view i though this be the weak of director todd solondz film and however like all of his work and it impossible to forget once see . todd solondze absorb criticism about exploitation and show misery for misery sake and and just generally be a meanie and and turn them into the cinematic equivalent of a dis song ( rap term for song make specifically a an attack or beef with another rapper ) and with solondz against critic and carefully try to explain the notion of storytelling . our first story deal with sex and political correctness and race and and fiction writing and a a young liberal college girl have unpleasant and ironic sexual experience with her black writing professor . our second well . with the same subject just this time with non fiction in place of fiction . here solondz show u yet another dysfunctional upper middle class jewish family in chaos and but this time a a documentary and which show u the pathetic film maker and the cruel or otherwise ignorant family and and the audience who laugh and scoff and at it all . this be a rare film and because it a film maker address his critique and himself and and his audience all at once . and it have plenty of solondz trade mark cringe scene and that veer drastically from comic to dramatic in a matter of breath . the result be absorb but like all solondz it leave a bad taste in your mouth and and make you honestly question your own moral compass . they say satire be dead if the audience can not be shock and but it also dead if the audience can not be sham and in the day where south park and family guy and be on non cable tv any afternoon ( l love both show ) and shock and shame be concept so familiar they have lose some of their power . thankfully just when we have see it all and be sure that nothing matter and nothing can surprise and startle and or offend u and todd solondz will be there to show thing can always get bad .