Lou Pearlman, whatever happened to him? Oh (looks at notes) he died in 2016. But why is he suddenly relevant - the Boy Band Manager-Impressario-Svengali who managed to bring together a bunch of kids in Orlando to form two super-mega groups (Backstreet Boys and N'Sync, remember them? Go ask your sister, she'll know, or maybe your brother, too)? Is it only in the midst of a wave of documentaries like Fyre (about the scam Fyre Festival and Billy McFarland) or Leaving Neverland (about Michael Jackson's alleged predation on young boys)? Or does it have something else to say? Maybe it's the ultimate post-Capitalist nightmare cocktail?
Jack and Korey take a look at the new documentary THE BOY BAND CON, which premiered at SxSW and is now on YouTube premium, as well as a "movie" (we should use quotes, right?) for something that Lou Pearlman and his Transcontinental company put together in 2001 called LONGSHOT. Never heard of it? You may find out why in this new episode of the Wages of Cinema (and boy did we pay some today...)
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- song clip used is from LFO "Summer Girls" (song owned by... who knows, but this podcast is owned by me)
