Catfish

Directors - Henry Joost

Ariel Schulman

Producers - Andrew Jarecki

Marc Smerling

Henry Joost

Ariel Schulman

Funded/distributed by Universal.

The legitimacy of Catfish has been questioned by the critics and viewers as the events that occur seem to be too convenient, with the wording also being perfectly adequate to each situation.

1. How has the Online Age revolutionised the film industry?

The online age has been revolutionised through the film industry by open access knowledge - allowing anyone to share their creativity online. This is shown in catfish whereby Angela is able to share her artwork with someone from a different state though the internet. Though she does so using a different name. Judith Butler's theory is performativity, meaning "its not who you are, its what you do". Angela creates a web of facebook connections, a whole society in which she is able to create a new identity of her own life that she would have wanted earlier. She is a lonely character behind a screen of burdens as she looks after her husband's two disabled children. Her relationship with Niev is one that she would have wanted herself when she was younger.