Tonight I watched Martin Di Bergi’s documentary, This is Spinal Tap and I will be completely honest, I entirely regret choosing the documentary I did for my second paper. Every second of this film was absolutely amazing. The entire bad is exactly what I would think of when I imagine a stereotypical eighties rock and roll band. The band members (actors if you will) were intriguing and I can see exactly why Martin Di Bergi would have loved this band. I enjoyed how Di Bergi filmed this mocumentary and I would not change a thing about it. I felt connected with the band members and enjoyed every one of them. David St. Hubbins, the lead singer: intelligent, but kind of whipped. Nigel Tufnel, lead guitarist: oblivious, jealous, spoiled. Derek Smalls, lead bassist: deep thinker, philosopher, and mature. Each member, specifically these three, had unique, clashing personalities yet they seemed to get along for the most part. I felt anger toward David’s girlfriend Jeanine who was the downfall to the band and an antagonist. From the moment she came to the set, tensions grew. It was her fault for most of the problems that occurred with the band and I was extremely upset when Nigel left the band because of her idea to book a gig at the army base. I do not blame Nigel and as he walked off stage and stared directly into her eyes, she knew she had messed up. What pissed me off even more was David was so whipped, he went along with Jeanine. Jeanine had this crazy idea to introduce the zodiac signs into costumes for the band, and for some reason David went along with it. This was the first turning point of Jeanine’s incompetence. The second was when the band manager was so outraged that Jeanine wanted to become an assistant manager, he actually quit. Upon his quitting, Jeanine took over as manager and she was a complete failure. What I enjoyed the most was at the end when Nigel returned to the band as did the original manager and Di Bergi focused in on Jeanine’s face. She was pissed off, ashamed, yet she knew she was wrong in the first place. One thing that I found to be strange was the luck of the drummers in Spinal Tap. David mentioned that they have had thirty seven members total in Spinal Tap. This was when Nigel had left and he also said that he would not miss him any more than any other short time band member. I found this saddening because earlier in the film, David had talked about how Nigel and him had been friends since they were seven years old. To say that he would not miss him was extremely hurtful and I felt for Nigel, even if it was not said directly to his face. I really hope this was said out of anger and frustration because David and Nigel seemed to be extremely close and what was said went against everything they stood for.