Musk and the Myth: A Four-Hour Dive Into the Man Behind the Empire

Slate’s culture write-up of Alex Gibney’s four‑hour Musk documentary finds it a revealing but not all‑encompassing portrait that traces Elon Musk from Zip2 to SpaceX and Tesla, shows how his public persona and media manipulation helped shape his rise, details his post‑COVID MAGA-aligned stance and Twitter theatrics, and even uses an AI‑enhanced avatar of Musk. While strong on the portrait of a man who wields disproportionate power, the piece argues the film treats Musk as a singular threat—overlooking broader wealth inequality and systemic rot as the deeper context of his influence.