“Winnebago Man” brilliantly encapsulates the transformative power of the online video boom. Director Ben Steinbauer focuses on “one of the greatest swearers of all time,” the furious subject of a series of outtakes for a Winnebago promotional video, as both an example of viral media ramifications and a poignant character in his own right. The eponymous “Man,” a former broadcast journalist named Jack Rebney, existed for years in the public eye as the hilariously vulgar star of the “Winnebago Man” video, but his actual whereabouts remained unknown. Before YouTube launched in 2005, Rebney’s rage circulated among various communities on VHS and even wound up on television. It was the original Christian Bale meltdown.
SXSW Snapshot: Ben Steinbauer's 'Winnebago Man' - indieWIRE
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