The trouble with Merle is the story about the movie star Merle. Instead of telling the story about her career and profession, this documentary is telling about the mystery behind her life. The directors wanted to find the secret behind several extensive fictions.

As for the filming technique, this documentary uses the storytelling method to progress the story, this can engage the audiences and it closes the distance between us and Merle, making us understand the secret for her success. Moreover, this documentary focuses on the fiction, non-fiction and occasional faux archival film material for the biography construction for Merle Oberon. This documentary is a good example to show how to make a biography. Besides, this film has become a myth which people attach to stars, and it is useful for us who wanted to film the same documentary. Since actually, the focus is not jus the star Merle Oberon, it is the director and the public that are the main character in this documentary. In short, this documentary is very good to address the sensitive topic racism and national identity, when documentary addresses these topics, they should make a good balance because on the one hand, they should present the real story while on the other hand, they should not touch the bottom line that is accepted by public. This documentary stayed neutral during the whole story.