Jonah Hill Gets Real!
If you know me, you know I don’t watch much television, or so I thought. Let me clarify: I do watch TV—mainly sports or anything educational—but rarely do I watch network programs. When I do, I watch documentaries and an occasional movie.
With that said, I usually swim through all the paid TV apps I can access for shows that might interest me. This includes Netflix, Amazon Prime, HBO and Apple TV. This month, while reviewing what’s new on Netflix, I noticed a documentary called “Stutz,” produced by Jonah Hill.
What caught my attention about this documentary was its simplicity. It’s filmed in black and white, not glitzy and not over the top. The documentary is about pulling back the curtain during a conversation between a psychiatrist, Phil Stutz, and his patient—not just any patient, but Hill himself.
The documentary is a deep dive into some of the dark places Hill has been and some places we’ve all been. What makes it great is how vulnerable Hill had to become.
A couple of months ago, I wrote a blog about how you’ll never become the best version of yourself until you embrace vulnerability. Hill wanted to make this documentary about the valuable tools his psychiatrist taught him, but what he soon found was that communicating those learned tools is best taught by example.
Hill had to expose his faults, insecurities and fears, and how he hid them behind the veil of success. For “Stutz” to be successful, Hill had to expose himself to you and me, and talk about some of his deep dark secrets, i.e., become totally vulnerable! And in my mind, this is a successful documentary.
If you have the ability to watch “Stutz,” I encourage you to give it a try and watch it with an open mind. There are a couple of things I disagree with, but for the most part, there’s a lot of value to be learned here.
Embrace being vulnerable!
(That’s just my two cents.)