Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure
Director: Matthew Bate
Year Released: 2011
Rating: 1.5
"Mitchell D." and "Eddie Lee Sausage," after moving to San Francisco, find themselves living next to two loud alcoholics, Peter Haskett and Raymond Huffman, and begin recording their verbal arguments - in time, the tapes of their non-stop cursing circulate and people everywhere become fans. I, for one, don't find the recordings to be humorous or insightful - they're painful to hear and exploitative, and the act of 'eavesdropping' is ethically irresponsible: Peter and Ray may have a cult following, but for me it's like listening to one homophobic monster berating a homosexual for hours, and it's unpleasant. Investigations into the actual 'relationship' between the two men come up empty (someone that knew them both insists Ray was "straight as an arrow," which I find hard-to-believe; he doth protest too much), but it's really none of anyone's business - likewise, I think it's curious that the documentary purposely omits information about the personal lives of Mitch or Mr. Sausage, and that the two, for years, hid behind fake names. If you really want to hear Class A ranting, you'll want to record me in class discussing such hot topics as Twilight and eBook readers. Actually ... don't do that. I have bills to pay.
