Hello,

I am currently researching a documentary proposal for broadcast in the US/Canada on modern-day eunuchs.

For this documentary, we would very much like to find someone who wants to be a eunuch, who is going through the process and preparing for it in a serious way. We're interested in documenting this process, from the psychiatry to the surgery and beyond. The focus is very much on eunuchs today, and would-be eunuchs, from a health/medical perspective.

I thought this might be a good place for such a posting...

Please note that we're not interested in any "do-it-yourself" stories.

Any help or contacts any of you might be able to provide would be much appreciated. Thanks very much.

Cheers,

Rob

AAC FACT

'Eunuchs'

Im wondering bout the last post re TV doc. I hope anyone out there that is thinking about this is well informed as to who is doing it. Has some control of content, and has some common sence. This is a very tender tender subject and for some one to come along like this may or may not be a good thing. I wonder what Dr. spector would think of this or Dr. Kimmel? You may end up with a broken life and really need health care after TV is done with any one of us. It seems that this should be a public tv deal not some private free lancer. I just hope and pray if anyone gets this idea in their head they think it through real real good. Some of us are wounded already and this could serve to wound us more. Thats my opinion. Be careful, have contract control over content, make sure you can be protected and your life will not be ruened by some TV do gooder who doesen't understand any of this, or us as individuals.... Scottie

I was actually interviewed by a UK company that did end up making a documentary regarding eunuchs. However, in the end I refused to sign over the rights to my interview, because I realized that "coming out" on t.v. was not something I was ready for. All it would take would be one of my customers in the UK to see the documentary and my professional life would get rocky.

I agree that you should think very carefully before coming out as a eunuch, especially on t.v.

This post was unsolicited and not cleared by the Staff.

I would advise extreme caution in replying to this person.

Hello,

I thought I would add that I think all of your warnings are well-received, and are generally good advice.

Should this documentary get done, it would indeed be on national television, and while subjects get involved to some degree on the content, it is extremely rare that someone would have editorial control over the program. So yes, I also would advise any interested people to think it over carefully, and to not hesitate to contact me with questions or concerns and so on.

Everyone involved in this program understands the sensitive and serious nature of the subject matter, and for that we want to do a serious, sensitive and dignifying program, looking at the theme from a health/medical angle. In no way will it be treated sensationally.

The crew and director at this stage are all long-time award-winning documentarians, having worked as professionals in the field for decades. Also, an AAC production won Best Documentary at this year's Oscar ('Bowling for Columbine') and another was nominated ('Prisoner of Paradise').

So yes, do reflect on it, but also consider how such a program could be useful and helpful in raising the issue, in educating and informing the general public. Especially if it's done by a seasoned and reputable production company such as ours.

That's all.

Thank you for your feedback and consideration.

Yours,

Roberto Verdecchia

AAC FACT

Anything associated with the "Bowling for Columbine" fiasco has definitely got to be considered very carefully.

God only knows what they'd say about the FACTS that they COULD gather from here.

<sarcasm>I mean, after all, we're all a bunch of evil perverts stalking innocent young men online, in hopes of tracking them down and cutting their little giblets off, aren't we?</sarcasm>

Busily checks agenda... Oops, wrong answer!

Bowling for Columbine was a great film!

The people in power are pissed off because Moore made a political point at the oscars, and in so doing, took up ten seconds longer then he was meant to when making his speech.

How dare a short fat block make a room full of movie stars sit ten seconds longer then they were meant too!

It is true though, not all the facts were entirely objective, for example the stastitics for the gun crimes in other countries. Britian's were slightly lower in the film then they actually are, but besides from minor flaws I thought it was good, well illustrated documentary showing how fucked up America really is.

Although a castration documentary in the style of Bowling for Columbine? No thank you, but then again no thank you to those silly programmes Discovery Channel makes on the body modification scene.

Now for something completely different...

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Paolo wrote: Wed May 14, 2003 7:07 pm <sarcasm>I mean, after all, we're all a bunch of evil perverts stalking innocent young men online, in hopes of tracking them down and cutting their little giblets off, aren't we?</sarcasm>

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<no sarcasm at all> Paolo, you do that too... its not just me... I always thought i was alone in this world, now I know I'm not. The Eunuch Archive really make us perverts feel normal! <no sarcasm at all>

Please quote that in the documentary, please!

All the best

Leon

Leon (imported) wrote: Thu May 15, 2003 7:04 am Bowling for Columbine was a great film!

Leon

The fact is 90% of the gun crimes are criminals shooting other criminals, for them it's 90% of the time a crime just to have a gun........

Bowling for Columbine..... distrorted the truth.... and having a TV doc on eunuches is just asking the have all the facts distorted to their politicital agenda.....

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My post above is entirely tongue in cheek, although I did enjoy Bowling for Columbine.

Being British, having never been to America, what little knowledge I have comes from the media. From programmes as diverse as Ricki Lake and Jerry Springer to the social documentaries on Discovery analysing poverty and crime in modern america. Maybe that makes me naive, and maybe that is why I enjoyed Bowling for Columbine, although I have seen other evidence to support Michael Moore's views.

Please do not take my above post seriously.

I was stoned when I wrote it! I thought it was funny at the time.

All the best,

Leon

"An armed society is a polite society."

Robert Anson Heinlein, Beyond this Horizon