Although it is ostensibly a somewhat impartial examination of the scheme employed by Rick Singer to empower his lucrative business of side-stepping the college admissions process to the benefit of the children of his numerous wealthy clients, Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal, takes the unique approach of interspersing interviews with several of the actual participants of the case (mostly those on the “law and order” side of the aisle) and dramatic recreations of the conversations between Singer and his clients that the FBI obtained through wiretaps to tell the story that, yet again, brought to national attention the inequality between the privileged and those who are not.
Working from a script by Jon Karmen, director Chris Smith expertly illustrates the depths to which Singer went to pull off his colossal grift. It is a testament to the work of both Karmen and Smith that the film is so...
Working from a script by Jon Karmen, director Chris Smith expertly illustrates the depths to which Singer went to pull off his colossal grift. It is a testament to the work of both Karmen and Smith that the film is so...
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