FEELS GOOD MAN (2020)

Directed by: Arthur Jones

Starring: Matt Furie, Aiyana Udesen, Chris Sullivan, Johnny Ryan, Lisa Hanawalt, Emily Heller, Susan Blackmore, Dale Beran, Pizza, Mills, Peder Riis, Aleks Krotoski, Ursala Furie, Brian McMullen, Joel Finkelstein, Aaron Sankin, Matt Braynard, John Michael Greer, Skinner, Adam Serwer, Rachael Finley, Kevin Sukho Lee, Clint Smith, Peter Kell, Jeremy Blackburn, Louis Tompros, Stephanie Lin, Oren Segal, Toby Reynolds

92 minutes

(NR - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, violent images)

PLOT:

Pepe the Frog, a character created by Matt Furie and first featured in a comic on MySpace called Boy's Club, is one of four twentysomething post collegiate slacker friends who live together. In one installment, Pepe is caught by one of his housemates with his pants around his ankles, urinating. Asked why, he replies, "Feels good man". The image becomes a viral Internet meme and is co-opted by the alt-right. Too late, Furie attempts to take Pepe back from the alt-right who have turned him from a cartoon character into a symbol for hate. The film deals with the question of whether Pepe can be redeemed. The coda of the film alludes to Pepe's appropriation by pro-democracy demonstrators during the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests.

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