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bi11i
07-11-2005, 02:31 PM
Wow, what a show! A definite must-see. I was yelling at the screen through half of it; is this what the world would be like if parents not only gave their children the club-drug go ahead, but also supplied them with the drugs themselves? Part of me wanted to party, the other part wanted to beat the guy's ass.

Anyone else catch it?

On again on the 18th, I'll post it on the calendar. Link anyone? (http://www.hbo.com/apps/schedule/ScheduleServlet?ACTION_DETAIL=DETAIL&FOCUS_ID=593849)

From HBO:

When a middle-aged married couple decided to get a divorce, their four adolescent children thought things couldn't possibly get any worse...until their father began taking the "club drug" Ecstasy. This unsettling documentary provides a stunning first-hand account of Ecstasy's pervasive influence on a middle-class family that had seemed to have the perfect life. Filmed over the course of two years, the film explores the troubles of forty-year-old Scott, a straitlaced dad whose rapid descent into addiction leads him to bring his children to drug-fueled raves and parties--while subtly encouraging them to join in.