Tabloid

Documentary film maker Errol Morris is famous for making tough thought provoking films about more politically minded issues. Now he presents a more light hearted story

The phenomenon of a person becoming famous for not doing much is not a new thing. Back in 1977Joyce McKinney became famous for a bizarre scheme. Joyce fell in love with a Kirk Anderson who was a Mormon. However as part of Mormon tradition they must do work as a missionary. So when Kirk suddenly left for England without telling her, Joyce hunted him down. With the help of a friend Joyce was able to kidnap Kirk and take him to a secluded house where she tied him up and spent the weekend with him.

This film presents events from the view of Joyce as she is the one who was willing to speak to Errol. I'm quite sure that the Mormon church would not let Kirk be involved in the film which is my only problem with it. It would have been nice to hear Kirk's side of the story and how he felt about Joyce. She feels that Kirk was brain washed and that's why he was taken away from her. She feels that if he was not 'rescued' after their weekend together that they would still be together. But as we see in the film Joyce can be be quite a character.

After the 'kidnapping' Joyce's career as a model and escort was dug up by the British tabloids and a war developed between the two major papers over who had the better story. It was 'The Mirror' who found an ex-boyfriend of Joyce's who gave them some quite salacious pictures. It is a really funny story and goes to prove that people becoming famous for doing very little is not a new thing. When you add in sex and religion then you get some really juicy details.

You would think that after that after that big event in her life that she would want a quiet time. However she recently became famous again for paying to have her dead dog cloned. I'm not sure where she gets all the money for these schemes but obviously she made lots from modeling.

Not all documentaries are doom and gloom. sometimes you get to find out about hilarious stories from the past. This one proves tabloids love a scandal involving sex and religion.