Larger Than Life: Reign Of The Boy Bands (Paramount Plus)- Justice For LFO!
Quick Take: This made me wish I had gotten into the docuseries Dirty pop, because trying to cram the entire boy band movement into a reasonable film runtime is apparently harder than it looks. Not only did I think they spent very little time on major groups like Boyz II Men, but they also just didn’t mention groups like All 4 One and LFO. I guess they didn’t like girls who wear Abercrombie and Fitch. there’s quite a bit of time devoted to *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys, as well as New Kids on The block, the rest of the groups all seem like footnotes. I sometimes refer to documentaries like this as content creation, because they cost their streamers nothing, and they earn views by hitting that nostalgia button. Everyone does it. Netflix is full of content creation documentaries and series, Amazon just dropped two recently about Madden and Lisa Frank, and the rest are certainly not clean. Peacock has a Girls Gone Wild docuseries, while MAX is banking that people want to know more about Elizabeth Taylor or Ted Turner. But, are these substantial? In the case of Larger Than Life, the answer is, sadly, No. However, it does have audio description, but temper your expectations, as this is a documentary. And there are many heads talking. For more, check out my video.
