{"id":4237,"date":"2021-09-03T13:30:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-03T20:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/?p=4237"},"modified":"2021-09-03T13:35:14","modified_gmt":"2021-09-03T20:35:14","slug":"bob-ross-happy-accidents-betrayal-greed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/?p=4237","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal &#038; Greed&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On August 25th the Netflix premiered a new documentary about Bob Ross directed by Joshua Rof\u00e9. I was interviewed for it in January of 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81155081\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-03-at-12.57.23-PM-400x400.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-03-at-12.57.23-PM-400x400.png 400w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-03-at-12.57.23-PM-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot-2021-09-03-at-12.57.23-PM.png 1196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My participation in the feature came out of a 2018 <em>The New Criterion <\/em>article I wrote about America&#8217;s greatest &#8220;television artist.&#8221; To read full article click on the image below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newcriterion.com\/blogs\/dispatch\/happy-trees-and-culture-death\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"406\" src=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-21-at-10.18.55-PM-1-400x406.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-21-at-10.18.55-PM-1-400x406.png 400w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-21-at-10.18.55-PM-1-768x779.png 768w, https:\/\/juliafriedman.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Screen-Shot-2021-08-21-at-10.18.55-PM-1.png 972w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a sampling of the film&#8217;s reviews published in the <a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/163490\/agony-ecstasy-joy-painting-bob-ross-happy-accidents-netflix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Republic<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/reviews\/bob-ross-netflix-documentary-review-1234602465\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ArtNews<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-reviews\/bob-ross-happy-accidents-betrayal-greed-1235001681\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/culture-desk\/whats-revealed-in-bob-ross-happy-accidents-betrayal-and-greed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New Yorker<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/arts-entertainment\/2021\/08\/27\/bob-ross-netflix-documentary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Washington Post<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/25\/movies\/bob-ross-happy-accidents-betrayal-greed-review.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York Times<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 25th the Netflix premiered a new documentary about Bob Ross directed by Joshua Rof\u00e9. 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