Matthew Belloni

It's Today explained Martha Stewart is out publicizing her new Netflix documentary in the most hilarious way.

It's Today explained Martha Stewart is out publicizing her new Netflix documentary in the most hilarious way.

It's Today explained Martha Stewart is out publicizing her new Netflix documentary in the most hilarious way.

By telling Jimmy Fallon, among others, that she low-key hates it.

By telling Jimmy Fallon, among others, that she low-key hates it.

By telling Jimmy Fallon, among others, that she low-key hates it.

Powerful people like to control their images, and more and more often, celebrity documentaries allow them to do that. The Martha Doc didn't, and neither did a new and very mysterious documentary about Prince that, for reasons we're going to explain, you may never get to see. That's coming up.

Powerful people like to control their images, and more and more often, celebrity documentaries allow them to do that. The Martha Doc didn't, and neither did a new and very mysterious documentary about Prince that, for reasons we're going to explain, you may never get to see. That's coming up.

Powerful people like to control their images, and more and more often, celebrity documentaries allow them to do that. The Martha Doc didn't, and neither did a new and very mysterious documentary about Prince that, for reasons we're going to explain, you may never get to see. That's coming up.

I'm Noelle King with Matt Bellany. He's a founding partner of Puck and he's host of the Town podcast about Hollywood. Matt is the proud inventor of the term participation doc, which is a type of movie that, like it or not, is ascendant.

I'm Noelle King with Matt Bellany. He's a founding partner of Puck and he's host of the Town podcast about Hollywood. Matt is the proud inventor of the term participation doc, which is a type of movie that, like it or not, is ascendant.

I'm Noelle King with Matt Bellany. He's a founding partner of Puck and he's host of the Town podcast about Hollywood. Matt is the proud inventor of the term participation doc, which is a type of movie that, like it or not, is ascendant.

For a long time, I think people have assumed that documentaries are not participation docs, that some filmmaker who wants to approach a subject as, you know, a real person with flaws and also gifts is going to do an honest take about them. Is that how it used to work? Like, how much of a shift is this?

For a long time, I think people have assumed that documentaries are not participation docs, that some filmmaker who wants to approach a subject as, you know, a real person with flaws and also gifts is going to do an honest take about them. Is that how it used to work? Like, how much of a shift is this?

For a long time, I think people have assumed that documentaries are not participation docs, that some filmmaker who wants to approach a subject as, you know, a real person with flaws and also gifts is going to do an honest take about them. Is that how it used to work? Like, how much of a shift is this?

Hey, Matt, if I am watching a celebrity doc and I want to know whether it's a participation doc or not, other than looking at whether or not the celebrity was the producer, are there certain kinds of narratives that I'm looking for? Is there a certain type of interview or interviewee that I'm looking for? How do I know? Well,

Hey, Matt, if I am watching a celebrity doc and I want to know whether it's a participation doc or not, other than looking at whether or not the celebrity was the producer, are there certain kinds of narratives that I'm looking for? Is there a certain type of interview or interviewee that I'm looking for? How do I know? Well,

Hey, Matt, if I am watching a celebrity doc and I want to know whether it's a participation doc or not, other than looking at whether or not the celebrity was the producer, are there certain kinds of narratives that I'm looking for? Is there a certain type of interview or interviewee that I'm looking for? How do I know? Well,

I care a lot about this because I'm a journalist, and if something isn't journalistic, I'm suspicious of it. Do audiences care, though?

I care a lot about this because I'm a journalist, and if something isn't journalistic, I'm suspicious of it. Do audiences care, though?