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Raising The Bar - Er, Razed The Bar

Seattle, WA - Seattle International Film Festival Uptown Cinema, Razed The Bar.

Ryan Worsley's docudrama about the beloved Funhouse was good! The stylized cinematography was peppered with interviews of icons of the Funhouse such as the co-owners, staff, former bands that played there, etc. Having attended a grip of punk concerts there, I could attest or at least agree to the words spoken about this building and bar as a 'person'. I did enjoy the history of the building from Tex's Tavern, to Zak's to eventually the Funhouse. The addition of the reason why the bar was destroyed was not clearly defined as corporate money of 'x'. Easy targets like Starbucks, and multiple family living (condo) were thrown under the bus, but slight dig could've been illustrated more, in my humble opinion.

Overall, good solid movie! I was even misty-eyed watching the footage of the final show there, but cleared quickly when the background music of punk was superimposed as the construction workers collected the shattered remains of the building.

The city and greedy corporate money may have razed the bar, but Ryan Worsley demonstrated that the owners, the patrons, the bands, Brian Foss, raised the bar on what a punk venue should be - in Seattle, in ANY across the globe!

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