Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam

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2024
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Lou Pearlman - the music mogul who created and exploited some of the biggest boy bands of the '90s including Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, and O-Town - rises and falls.Lou Pearlman - the music mogul who created and exploited some of the biggest boy bands of the '90s including Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, and O-Town - rises and falls.Lou Pearlman - the music mogul who created and exploited some of the biggest boy bands of the '90s including Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, and O-Town - rises and falls.

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8/10

Interesting

I knew nothing about this situation in spite of knowing these bands by name.

It's amazing that such a scam was ever allowed to happen.

Good documentary footage and coverage of the situation overall. Coherent story and explanations.

I could have used a little more variety of the people in the clips, but felt satisfied enough. (You can't get everyone to film, after all.)

My criticism is mainly that they took a good source--the book written by the criminal--and used AI to present it. First, why use AI? Second, why use it here and make the source have an "uncanny valley" vibe?

I'd recommend it as an easy watch.