Skeptic Project

I assume he's not talking to me for anyone that may have thought otherwise.

A lie from start to finish, and a (successful) attempt by Peter Joseph Merola to make himself an Internet celebrity.

i'd assume it also gives conspiracy theorists the oppurtunity to use satirical movie "Network" as proof of their theories

"I think it is a huge pile of steaming shit made by a richboy Paultard and his brother to make cash on the side off white males at that critical age when one discovers that life isn't actually fair after all."

Keep in mind that the movie started out as a free live show and became an online hit later.

But I think it's interesting that the movie's animator, Eric Clinton Merola, who also apparently believes in 9/11 conspiracies based on this, doesn't have a problem with working on a promotional campaign for an anti-9/11 conspiracy theory book.

There are old announcements online for the Zeitgeist live show from 2007, so we know it did happen.

http://newyork.timeout.com/events/opera-classical/3276/42967/zeitgeist</p>

http://twi-ny.com/twiny.05.23.07.html</p>

http://www.awn.com/events/animation/zeitgiest-multimedia-musical-event

"There are old announcements online for the Zeitgeist live show from 2007, so we know it did happen."

I'm aware that it happened Sky, my problem is taking Merola's explanation for anything at his word. Mostly because I don't believe a word he says as I have been given absolutely no reason to.

My original post didn't address any specifics at all. Who cares about Merola's bad art school navel gazing crapola. Finding a free art show in NYC is about as hard as finding a young white male on the ZM forums. Clearly no one cared about him or his art show because it wasn't until he uploaded a conspiracy video to Google that anyone even knew he existed.

I think Merola's goal has been money and fame, which as far as I can tell, his art show accomplished neither.

I think he is like any other Paultard: you can always rationalize profits.

@ Dr. Zaroff:

I can't answer those questions. Does Merola really believe the conspiracy theories he's publicly identified with, or is he just pushing it cynically to increase his visibility? My guess is, probably a little of both. The 9/11 stuff in the Zeitgeist films is so old and hackneyed, even by Truther standards, that it's tough to believe an intelligent person could really hold those beliefs. So that may be an indication that he really doesn't believe them. However, the whole "Jesus didn't exist/it's the sun god" crap from Part I indicates that Merola is an exceedingly poor scholar and that his grasp of historical knowledge is totally defective. If you don't recognize bad history when you see it, you're much more likely to fall for conspiracy theories. So that could be an indication that he does believe them.

What I think is beyond question is that, whether Merola believes the lies in his movies or whether he's just cashing in on them, he has used conspiracy to make himself a prominent person and to gain a public platform for his views on various things. He had no chance do to what when he was playing the xylophone or whatever that instrument was that he used to play. So, certainly he owes the entirety of his public recognition to conspiracy theories and conspiracists, which is why it's so silly when apologists such as Brenton (who seems to have left this forum) try to claim that "the ZM has nothing to do with conspiracy theories."

Sky:

Wow I didnt even read the comments. KOO KOO. The fact that he did the video for The Great Derangement which call truthers "passionately bonkers" is pretty amazing. I wonder how he rationalised that.