Girl You Know It's True
- Streaming on Peacock -

Not a documentary, but a movie about the rise and fall of Milli Vanilli.  It was a fairly even-handed look at a scandal that today probably wouldn't make even a stir. In that time, in that space, however, it ruined the lives and careers of two guys who were really just along for the ride. Everyone in this movie is cast in the appropriate light - from the producer who roped them in, to the "stars" who never really seemed to understand what they truly were, to the record company executives who made their money while the frying pan was hot. It didn't make saints of Rob and Fab, nor did it excuse the people around them who profited.

It's no "Straight Outta Compton" but it IS a story very well told.

Here you have to start with the casting. The people chosen to play Rob and Fab were stunningly accurate.  You could put the real videos up next to the fake ones they made for this film and it would be next to impossible to tell which was which.  The two actors also clearly spent a lot of time rehearsing the dances, the mannerisms, the speech patterns, all of it. It was unreal.  The rest of the cast (didn't know any of them, but they were solid too).  It was so good, it was easy to forget you weren't seeing the reality play out.

There were tragic aspects to the whole thing.  So many people damaged.

Rob and Fab were essentially ruined - but the movie wasn't afraid to give them credit for the part they played in their own demise. Had they not cast themselves as greater than the Beatles and Hendrix maybe the pushback wouldn't have been so harsh?

The singers who actually did the work never getting the credit (or pay) they deserved

The producer (who in his career was behind 800 million in record sales) tarnished by this

Families were destroyed

I did discover that there was one true winner in all of it, but I won't spoil that in case you decide to watch.

I remember vividly when all that went down. I was not a fan of their work. The bubblegum music and the dancing idiots. I feel like I knew it was fake from the start (just like I knew George Michael was gay). Over the years, I've mellowed some I guess. I don't hate the music any more - I actually kinda enjoy it for what it is - and I do have some sympathy/empathy for those two frauds getting caught up in a scheme beyond their capacity to control.

This wasn't a great movie, but as far as biopics go? I felt like it was very honest in the telling - and the cast was top shelf.

If you know it's true?  Watch it.

He does an excellent job in Fallout, too.  Very much enjoyed that show.

He was fantastic as the Ghoul.

I never got into Justified, but I have heard good things on that show also.

Correct this.  Sharpish.

He does an excellent job in Fallout, too.  Very much enjoyed that show.

I never got into Justified, but I have heard good things on that show also.

That was probably his best role overall, imo.  But Uncle Baby Billy is by far the funniest.

Gene Simmons is going to piss down your throat.

No details about your ultimate fantasy please.

If Auburn Tigers were a brand, what would their slogan be and why? Consider the team's history, culture, and fan base. How do these elements shape the identity of the Tigers in the world of college sports?
 
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For the past half decade, I would brand us as your mother.  Really good at sucking.