Dirty Pop is almost the upside-down, sinister version of Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon. Both documentaries feature talent managers with an almost Gumpian way of hobnobbing with industry movers and shakers; both have unassuming/unremarkable Queens, New Yorkers in central roles; both star men who moved thousands of miles away to make it (OrlandoContinue reading “Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam”
Category Archives: Documentaries
Windy City Heat
There’s a long history of pop culture pranking…going back to the 1940s and Candid Camera, and it has existed or continues to exist through the likes of Pranked, Eric Andre, Impractical Jokers, and of course, a litany of TikTokers including Nelkboys, Mizzy and many others. And Windy City Heat puts pranking front and centre, butContinue reading “Windy City Heat”
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