(Mark Sargent, one of the prominent theorists in the movie, at one point proudly shows off an “ITSFLAT” vanity license plate.)Īll this contributes to my sense that the Flat Earth cause is more like a fandom-based e-commerce scheme than a collaborative investigation. There’s reason to suspect that the market for these products is quite small, and yet - as the footage from Behind the Curve suggests - eager to spend on junk that plugs their cause. While skepticism of a globe-shaped planet is more alarmingly common than you’d think, especially among younger adults, recent conferences on Flat Earth research have drawn just several hundred attendees. 1 in the community) and, my personal favorite item, a Flat Earth world map to replace the misleading one that comes with the board game Risk. Etsy sellers offer Flat Earth keychains, posters, birthday cards, infant onesies, anti-NASA hoodies (NASA being public enemy No. Also featured is Chris Pontius, an artist who builds Flat Earth models, clocks and other fine art - he says interest in his business is booming thanks to the documentary. Pretty much every truther interviewed in Behind the Curve, keen to get their message out loud and clear, cycles through a closet’s worth of Flat Earth shirts. See More – #ThatMerchStore #Tees /wZ20FfhBII WHY DO THEY ALL HAVE FLAT EARTH T-SHIRTS?

Well, that and the amazing T-shirts they all wear.īehind The Curve is frankly absurd. Apart from the charge to engage seriously with this movement - something I haven’t managed to do - the best part of the film is how many times the Flat Earthers disprove their own ideas with elaborate experiments. The Netflix documentary Behind the Curve is a touchingly empathetic look at people obsessed with “Flat Earth” theories, which reject the widespread consensus that the Earth is a globe.

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