2021 · documentary · crime · drama
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Directed by Chris Smith1h 40m2021
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.
Our read: Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal (2021) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded documentary · crime · drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, gentle documentary / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
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