Raphael. Up-close 2013

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This past week, we as a company made a decision that was tough, controversial, and had split opinions on both sides of the issue. Publishing the late Fratmen Raphael’s FratmenTV update is something that we knew we would have to face someday. We kept pushing it off, week by week, month by month and as we start to close out 2013, we had to decide what we wanted to do with Raphael’s shoot: Publish it or throw it in the trash. is a sensitive subject. When it comes to a beautiful young man like Raphael, it’s an especially tough topic to discuss, but a worthy one for sure.
The morning after we were notified of his , we had a company-wide meeting where we discussed how we wanted to handle honoring his memory. During that meeting, we received a message from his family that asked us to not do anything right away. We respected his family’s wishes and did nothing publicly. Because is a sensitive subject, even though we were honoring his familie’s wishes, we were chastised for how we handled that… to some, it wasn’t enough and it was disrespectful that we still held Fratpad Friday that week. This week, we knew it was a going to reignite some passionate opinions as we released his Fratmen update but for me, I’ve decided that throwing his footage away like he didn’t exist would be just as difficult as deleting his phone number from my phone; it’s something I just can’t do. Fratmen Raphael existed. He was here, he was a part of us, and I stand behind our company’s decision to share this beautiful young man with the world. Raphael is a Fratmen and I’m damn proud of it.


Format: mp4

Duration: 36:03

Video: 960x540, AVC (H.264), 1427kbps

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