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When news first broke of the shocking 2019 college admissions scandal, few people aside from those at the centre of it all knew just how many public figures would end up having their names sullied.

Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin (pictured above) are two celebrities that immediately come to mind, but as various investigations have shown, the college admission process has been manipulated by money for generations.

You knew it was only a matter of time until it became the focus of a movie or series, and it’s Netflix that has stepped up to the plate with Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal:

This synopsis from the official trailer:

Using real conversations recreated from FBI wiretaps, the filmmaker behind Fyre brings you Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal.

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.

The doccie claims to offer a “rare glimpse into the enigmatic figure behind a scheme that exposed the lengths wealthy families would go to for admission into elite colleges”.

Chris Smith and Jon Karmen are also the filmmakers who were responsible for Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened, so they’ve earned some street cred.

As you’ll see from the trailer, the duo has used a combination of interviews and narrative recreations of those wiretapped conversations, with Matthew Modine starring as Singer:

Yeah, I’m in.

This one starts streaming on March 17, 2021.

[source:netflix]