Most documetnaries about the idol industry fall into one of two types. They first type involves sensationalist works that exoticize their subjects. Some even go as far as to strip them from their humanity and dignity, presenting them either as automatons without agency who are abused by their production companies (“9 Muses of Star Empire“) or creepy hustlers who use their clueless, and equally creepy, fans (“Tokyo Idols“). The other type speak about the friendship within the band and the difficulties the different members have gone through in order to become great at what they do. As such, they function more like movie-length ads than anything else. What the two types of idol documentaries share in common is that they seldom treat their subjects as complex human beings. Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit manages to overcome this dichotomy in his documentary about the Bangkok iteration of one of the Japanese idol franchise band...
- 8/28/2022
- by Martin Lukanov
- AsianMoviePulse
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