Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal (2021) - Netflix documentary
03-02-21, 04:27 PM
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Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal (2021) - Netflix documentary
Everything you’ve heard is true. But you haven’t heard everything. Using real conversations recreated from FBI wiretaps, the filmmaker behind Fyre brings you Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal - March 17
An examination that goes beyond the celebrity-driven headlines and dives into the methods used by Rick Singer, the man at the center of the shocking 2019 college admissions scandal, to persuade his wealthy clients to cheat an educational system already designed to benefit the privileged. Using an innovative combination of interviews and narrative recreations of the FBI’s wiretapped conversations between Singer and his clients, Operation Varsity Blues offers a rare glimpse into the enigmatic figure behind a scheme that exposed the lengths wealthy families would go to for admission into elite colleges, and angered a nation already grappling with the effects of widespread inequality. From Chris Smith and Jon Karmen, the filmmakers behind Fyre, and starring Matthew Modine as Rick Singer.
An examination that goes beyond the celebrity-driven headlines and dives into the methods used by Rick Singer, the man at the center of the shocking 2019 college admissions scandal, to persuade his wealthy clients to cheat an educational system already designed to benefit the privileged. Using an innovative combination of interviews and narrative recreations of the FBI’s wiretapped conversations between Singer and his clients, Operation Varsity Blues offers a rare glimpse into the enigmatic figure behind a scheme that exposed the lengths wealthy families would go to for admission into elite colleges, and angered a nation already grappling with the effects of widespread inequality. From Chris Smith and Jon Karmen, the filmmakers behind Fyre, and starring Matthew Modine as Rick Singer.
03-02-21, 04:39 PM
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So it's a documentary filled with reenacted conversations? That's kinda weird. Doesn't look like much more than we already knew. Will wait fro some reviews first.
03-02-21, 06:42 PM
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I like Matthew Modine but that’s looks, Meh.
The story seems like something more fit for a Lifetime movie. Maybe they could get one of those actresses that always appears in those types of movies...
The story seems like something more fit for a Lifetime movie. Maybe they could get one of those actresses that always appears in those types of movies...
03-03-21, 08:32 AM
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I love documentaries like this... I find it fascinating the lengths that many people will go to in order to "cheat" something or someone but they won't put that type of effort, labor or ingenuity into actually preparing themselves for being a legit student, athlete or employee.
03-03-21, 10:21 AM
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03-03-21, 10:40 AM
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Re: Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal (2021) - Netflix documentary
Will this have Aunt Becky in a whipped cream bikini?
03-17-21, 06:31 PM
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03-18-21, 12:31 AM
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I watched the whole film and it was ok. I learned a lot more than I thought I would.
Not my favorite style of documentary storytelling though. My favorite is raw footage storytelling, no narrations and interviews. But that wouldn’t have worked with this subject matter.
Not my favorite style of documentary storytelling though. My favorite is raw footage storytelling, no narrations and interviews. But that wouldn’t have worked with this subject matter.
