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Originally Posted by Thinny
Ok interesting, thanks guys. I feel like there is probably a lot of interesting footage from that second interview that got cut....
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Lots of footage from every interview that got cut, surely. Although, it would make sense for Chopra to keep the most controversial points in, so I doubt anything too heavy was cut.
Regarding Richie's schedule. Why are we arbiters of how exhausted he is, how impacted by his life weighing on his schedule he is? At the end of the day, if he says he is spent he is spent. My personal thing is he just didn't want an album cycle at that stage, for a multitude of reasons.
In the documentary, I was thinking that neither of them is necessarily lying, but they are only saying their own truth. Richie alludes to this. There is not much effort to see it from the other's side, apart from a few lines from Jon about blaming himself and Richie's eventual apology.
I have never had any doubt that Richie will be back if Jon is able to continue. Before it was just because at some point it will make business sense. Following the doc I am more convinced there can be a middle ground in their relationship and not just business. I was not as negative about Richie's second interview as others seem to be.
Shanks is interesting because the documentary has no problem subtly showing him as a sort of villain of the piece. He doesn't help himself by saying about Richie being their friend and almost sounding like the word "friend" is sarcastic. I wonder what Jon thinks after seeing the doc and Shanks' representation in it.