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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
A lot of Jay's friends felt that the movie portrayed his adult life in an unfairly negative light. I mean, the guy mainly lived in Hawaii and surfed - that doesn't sound too bad to me. Like Ricky Williams, Jay just didn't want to deal with the pressure of being a professional athlete. Just because Jay happened to be incarcerated at the time Peralta was shooting gave some of the Adams segments a maulin "Where Are They Now" feel. Jay's friends felt like Peralta did this on purpose and was selling out to keep the documentary's corporate sponsors (it was financed by Vans) happy. There may be something to this - notice that all of the "fuck"s are deleted? Peralta and Adam have now publicly reconciled.
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It's kind of like you're speaking a foreign language, but let me see if I've got this right:
The fans of this Jay fellow think that Peralta "sold out" by
including segments on the seedy underbelly of the surfing world in order to appease the sponsors? Because Vans is supposed to be jumping up and down with excitement that Jay (who I assume is a preeminent surfer when not in custody of the state) is serving as a [bad] example to future surfers of America? Yo, people in jail can't buy checkered print canvas loafers.
I'm not doubting your reporting, but sometimes one has to question the rationality of the conspiracy theorists. I mean, damn.