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Class Action Park
2020 · Film · documentary · 90 min
Directed by Seth Porges, Chris Charles Scott III
Class Action Park explores the legend, legacy, and truth behind the 1980s water park in Vernon, New Jersey that long ago entered the realm of myth. Known for its dangerous, unsupervised rides and lack of regulation, guests of Action Park expected to walk away with injuries and were lucky if they made it out alive. Shirking the trappings of nostalgia, the film uses investigative journalism, original animations, recordings, and interviews with the people who lived it to reveal the true story of Action Park.
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Reminds me of Action Park, which wasn't for softies (at least 6 people died).
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This article reminds me of a documentary that came out a couple years back on HBO Max called Class Action Park. It was about a notoriously dangerous water park in New Jersey in which several kids died or were maimed. Most of the documentary was toned with nostalgia. They interviewed many former employees and people who went there as kids. Many of the interviewees were comedians that told funny stories about the antics that went on there. Most of them viewed the experience through rose-colored glasses. This was a place were a kid could be a kid in an era when parents still allowed that to happen.
Then there would be an interview with a mom whose child died in the park describing how she was so grief-stricken that she walked into traffic trying to kill herself and was pulled back at the last second by her husband. You hear one story like that from a parent who lost a kid and suddenly dangerous waterslides and chemistry kits don't seem that important to a good childhood.