Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam

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”

Run

When you think wheelchairs and horror, maybe you’d consider the cobweb-ridden mobility device in The Changeling attic. But for most people, it’s probably the ill-fated wheelchair-confined gents, Franklin from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre or the arse over teakettle Mark from Friday the 13th Part II. Either way, perhaps not the best depiction of the disabledContinue reading “Run”