A Popping' Good Spoof

Rating: 9/10 (19 September 2016)

Negative reviews understandable if pop and/or music film performers evoke (hooked) some adoration, even idolatry, from "fandom". This film is a straightforward parody (spoofing) of the commercialization & selling of a star to a wide-eyed gullible audience. From writing (and selling) dumb lyrics; a shallow persona; an attending entourage (Conner4Real - yes, that's our star's stage name) possesses amongst his 30+ personal attendants someone to watch over his pet turtle. Most ludicrous was his hook up with an appliance manufacturer, Aquaspin, to have his songs play when you open the dishwasher (etc.) door. Again spoofing how we buy into anything the "worshipped" attach their names to. The TMZ (called CMZ here), celebrity gossip scene spoofs were spot on. Finally, were all the film's 10 second celebrity guest spots giving commentary on our show star's sorry state of affairs as his career rises and falls and maybe rises again - watch and see. These guests spots included as follows: Underwood, NAS, 50 Cent, Ringo, Levine, Carey, RZA, Seal, Fallon, and more.