{"id":759,"date":"2014-12-12T16:31:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T16:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2014\/12\/12\/24-hour-joe-show\/"},"modified":"2014-12-12T16:31:00","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T16:31:00","slug":"24-hour-joe-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2014\/12\/12\/24-hour-joe-show\/","title":{"rendered":"24 Hour Joe Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I suspect it comes as no surprise that my political inclinations are progressive, and thusly I found myself curious when given the opportunity to watch an advance screener of The Joe Show, a documentary about Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Would it celebrate him? With publicized appearances from known Arpaio supporters Ted Nugent and Steven Seagal it would seem like it. Yet even if it celebrated someone whose politics I felt certain no documentary could give me a warm fuzzy about, I couldn&#8217;t resist. I watched the Sarah Palin documentary Undefeated. I could handle whatever The Joe Showhad in store.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/The-Joe-Show1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"346\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11191\" \/>Joe Arpaio is the sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona. You may know him as America&#8217;s Toughest Sheriff. Sheriff Arpaio is nationally known, and in many cases internationally known, for having prisoners wear pink underwear, erecting Tent City (an outdoor tent prison), feeding prisoners food salvage, being overly enthusiastic about cracking down on illegal immigration, investigating the origins of President Obama&#8217;s birth, and more. Fortunately for the press, he loves media attention.<\/p>\n<p>However The Joe Showwas eight years in the making, and that means eight years of access to the Sheriff and Lisa Allen (the Maricopa County Sheriff&#8217;s Office Media Person), as well assorted constituents, activists, and supporters. It&#8217;s not surprising to think Arpaio would allow a documentary film to be made about him, and as the film starts it&#8217;s a very neutral experience. Basic background, friends and supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Then things begin to turn. As I said, I already know my politics don&#8217;t mesh with Arpaio&#8217;s. I&#8217;m not down with Tent City, meals of food salvage, or the birthers.  Yet with not living in Maricopa County I never went out of my way to follow what had been going on over there. I don&#8217;t want to do a big info dump on you here, because you should really just watch the documentary, but we&#8217;re talking about abuse of power, devastating failures to investigate sex crimes, and racial profiling. While it&#8217;s going on he just keeps getting re-elected. Apparently The Joe Showis just too entertaining for the voters of Maricopa County to let go.<\/p>\n<p>Love him or hate him you&#8217;re not going to want to pass up on watching The Joe Show. It is a well-paced, entertaining, and eye-opening documentary.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/111043617\" width=\"373\" height=\"210\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/111043617\">The Joe Show &#8211; Official Trailer<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/filmbuff\">FilmBuff<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Joe Showwill be released December 16 on iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, GooglePlay, Xbox, Playstation, and Vudu.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new documentary gives us a look at Sheriff Joe Arpaio from in front of and behind the camera. 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