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And Thus Spake the Dungeon Masters



From Twitch:

An evil drow elf is displaced by
Hurricane Katrina. A sanitation worker lures friends into a “Sphere of
Annihilation.” A failed super-villain starts a cable-access show
involving ninjas, puppets and a cooking segment.
These
are the characters, real and imagined, of Keven McAlester’s documentary
THE DUNGEON MASTERS. Against the backdrop of crumbling middle-class
America, two men and one woman devote their lives to Dungeons and
Dragons, the storied role- playing game, and its various descendants.
As their baroque fantasies clash with mundane real lives, the
characters find it increasingly difficult to allay their fear,
loneliness, and disappointment with the game’s imaginary triumphs. Soon
the true heroic act of each character’s real life emerges, and the film
follows each as he or she summons the courage to face it. Along the
way, THE DUNGEON MASTERS re-imagines the tropes of classic heroic
cinema, creating an intimate portrait of minor struggles and triumphs
writ large.

Roll 1d10. Dungeon Masters is…
   10: The greatest movie of all time
   9: The greatest documentary of all time
   7-8: A stirring look inside the world of seriously dedicated role-players
   4-6: An informative look at crazy people who take Dungeons & Dragons way too seriously
   2-3: Going to embarrass pretty much everyone who reads Topless Robot when it finally premieres
   1: Your first starring role