Defector Funbag: Musical biopics, hating your boss, and Raising Cane's
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Drew Magary
The bagel they save for the regulars. Don't skim, savour.
Summary
A reader asks about which bands they'd like to see portrayed in a biopic. The author responds that the musical biopic genre is dead, arguing that artists and their estates have turned these films into sanitized, lucrative hagiographies (citing Michael Jackson, Freddie Mercury, and Bob Dylan as examples). The article is part of a weekly Q&A/letters column ("Funbag") that covers multiple unrelated topics including hating your boss, Raising Cane's, and paper wallets.
Key quotes
· 1 pulledThe musical biopic is a dead genre and has been ever since artists and/or their estates realized how lucrative a sanitized life story of Michael Jackson/Freddie Mercury/Bob Dylan could be.
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