Did you notice that they present themselves as con organizers and business owners? It doesn't mean taking sides is bad, but it's no surprise to see interest tied to promotion and sales through cons. (Con organizers are definitely having strong private chats and taking sides about this movie, many before they saw it.)
About Dominic's reaction to that one question, you might be interested to know that the version of the movie you see isn't the first version, and it went through iterations. In his Q&A's, Dom is mentioning that this started as a passion project, and for a long time it was just a collection of interviews, and it would be stupid business to make a movie that way. The story grew out of that. When he asked, do you think Boomer/Chewfox were treated too harshly, that seems like a perfectly reasonable and neutral question to me, and the movie you see wasn't formed when he asked it. He said he had no idea what the answer would be and genuinely wanted to know. Laughing at the extreme tone of the response seems like what I'd do in the same position.
I could also mention that when I put out the first supportive article about the movie from a furry (as far as I know), it was because it seemed strange that nobody was talking about a major happening with the film fest award and distribution news. It was actually half written by Pup Matthias who took all of Dom's statements. I didn't know Dom then and only met him after that.
Did you notice that they present themselves as con organizers and business owners? It doesn't mean taking sides is bad, but it's no surprise to see interest tied to promotion and sales through cons. (Con organizers are definitely having strong private chats and taking sides about this movie, many before they saw it.)
About Dominic's reaction to that one question, you might be interested to know that the version of the movie you see isn't the first version, and it went through iterations. In his Q&A's, Dom is mentioning that this started as a passion project, and for a long time it was just a collection of interviews, and it would be stupid business to make a movie that way. The story grew out of that. When he asked, do you think Boomer/Chewfox were treated too harshly, that seems like a perfectly reasonable and neutral question to me, and the movie you see wasn't formed when he asked it. He said he had no idea what the answer would be and genuinely wanted to know. Laughing at the extreme tone of the response seems like what I'd do in the same position.
I could also mention that when I put out the first supportive article about the movie from a furry (as far as I know), it was because it seemed strange that nobody was talking about a major happening with the film fest award and distribution news. It was actually half written by Pup Matthias who took all of Dom's statements. I didn't know Dom then and only met him after that.