Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991)

Director: Alek Keshishian
Starring: Madonna & company

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Let's just get through this one, shall we? Truth or Dare is a black & white documentary following Madonna and her troupe of dancers on Madonna's Blond Ambition tour in 1990. It's great that a woman of Madonna's celebrity (especially at that time) would allow such an intimate documentary to be filmed--and then not censor it--because it really just shows how shallow she is. She creates dramas in her life because...well, people are supposed to have drama, right? She simultaneously craves attention from those that surround her while driving them away to the best of her ability. Truth or Dare is equal parts fascinating and repulsive. Here is the celebrity life with all its superficiality, fake drama and coarse personality. It's the prettiest train wreck you're likely to see.

February 18
friend's apartment TV, night

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