Writing in the Disciplines

Reading published reviews I have read some published reviews about the documentary of Icarus off of IMDB. There were a decent amount of similarities I found in others reviews. A lot of the reviews commented on the dual narrative aspect of the the film. One being Bryan’s story the next and more impacting story being Grigory’s. One review agreed with Grigory’s story carrying more weight as it was actually life threatening for him. There was an immense amount of paranoia and fear that Grigory had to face in his journey. In addition a lot of the reviews mention the documentary as one of the best ones out there as that is why it earned 8 out of 10 stars on IMDB. Some of the differences I have found is that a lot of people disliked the start of the documentary. They didn’t like Bryan Fogol’s quest to figure out if doping would actually improve his performance. Some were saying his story was egotistical and that they didn’t want to see a privileged guy go out and experiment doping to go out a...

Icarus Reflection Questions Hello class, welcome to my first post on the blog. Hope you enjoy! 1. One scene that made me turn my head was when the Russian athletes were walking in at the opening ceremony of the Rio summer Olympic games. The documentary showed them all smiling, waving, and excited to be there despite their tarnished credibility. There is a narration of Bryan Fogol talking over the scene, sounding defeated in a sense, that all of his and Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov’s work of whistle-blowing the entire Russian doping scandal seemingly did nothing. The scene continues on with the narration while it is showing Russian athletes compete in events and win various medals in the Olympic games. It shocked me that the Russian athletes were able to compete with the overwhelming amount of evidence that Russia had state sponsored doping practices going on. This scene bothered and frustrated me because I watched most of the Rio summer Olympic games without any real knowledge of the...