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Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure

2011 · 1h 30m · UNRATED Comedy, Documentary
Directed by Matthew Bate

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In 1987, Eddie Lee Sausage and Mitch Deprey recorded the nightly squabbles of their over-the-top neighbors, homophobic Raymond Huffman and proudly gay Peter Haskett, and the chronicle of the pair's bizarre existence soon took on a life of its own. This darkly funny documentary checks in with former punks Eddie and Mitch, who detail their late-'80s Lower Haight surroundings, and surveys the tapes' influence on an array of underground artists.

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67%
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Rotten

The unsuspecting stars (who died in 1992 and '96, respectively) begin to seem less like nightmare neighbors and more like the victims of rampant exploitation and voyeurism.

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Fresh

Bate chronicles the whole wooly story with admirable clarity and resourcefulness, even when a lack of visual material forces him to resort too often to reenactment and dramatization.

Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Fresh

Casts a wide net of inquiry over this sometimes appalling story, which raises timely questions about the differences between creation and exploitation.

Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
Rotten

It's a strange story, and the stylish and well-edited documentary "Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure" gets it down. But yet it doesn't quite get it.

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
Rotten

For the most part, this is a feature-length documentary that begs to be turned into a YouTube clip -- junky and ephemeral.

Kyle Smith, New York Post

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