An EA-themed nature documentary could be a good idea, and Attenborough does seem to have a weirdly powerful brand such that he is the voice of like seemingly half of all big nature documentaries. (Attenborough’s inexplicable dominance of the genre, and the slight samey-ness that creates, greatly annoys my ecologist wife!) Unfortunately I’m not sure that “all about animal suffering” is a great theme for an appealing nature documentary watched by millions. But maybe I’m anchoring too much on the idea of gross, hard-to-watch, in-your-face PETA-style tactics, and a well-produced, hopeful and optimistic EA documentary could take a different tone?
It may or may not be a good idea to do a documentary about wild animal suffering but I don’t think that Attenborough would agree to do it because his passion seems to be about preserving nature. Advocating for caring for wild animal suffering would slightly go against this view because it would make it seem like nature preservation stuff he is advocating for has some cons too.
An EA-themed nature documentary could be a good idea, and Attenborough does seem to have a weirdly powerful brand such that he is the voice of like seemingly half of all big nature documentaries. (Attenborough’s inexplicable dominance of the genre, and the slight samey-ness that creates, greatly annoys my ecologist wife!) Unfortunately I’m not sure that “all about animal suffering” is a great theme for an appealing nature documentary watched by millions. But maybe I’m anchoring too much on the idea of gross, hard-to-watch, in-your-face PETA-style tactics, and a well-produced, hopeful and optimistic EA documentary could take a different tone?
It may or may not be a good idea to do a documentary about wild animal suffering but I don’t think that Attenborough would agree to do it because his passion seems to be about preserving nature. Advocating for caring for wild animal suffering would slightly go against this view because it would make it seem like nature preservation stuff he is advocating for has some cons too.