catfish fishing This is perhaps the only place where Tegan, Sara and Erin Lee Carr’s works collide. After all, the former is a Canadian indie pop duo and the latter is a true crime documentarian. While the titular twin singer/songwriters create beautiful, catchy songs about breakups and lesbian longing, the latter filmmaker explores The dark depths of a shocking case Such as the “Golden Circle” theft spree, the despicable “cannibal police”, and the infamous murder of Dee Dee Blanchard.
exist Fanatical: Tegan and Sara’s Catfishingmusicians and filmmakers come together to investigate a less violent but still memorable case. The highs and lows of online fandom collide with the fragile foibles of celebrities in an effort to capture the hacker/catfish who has been playing with the hearts and minds of the band’s fans for 16 years.
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This captivating documentary captivates viewers Back in the late 2000sat a time when Tegan and Sara Quin were on the rise as artists, and so was social media. Where the band — especially the departing Tegan — used to be seen at the merch table or signing autographs and taking selfies in the lines of fans waiting to get in, now they can interact on message boards, Tumblr, LastFM and Facebook. But over 16 years, many fans have discovered that the Tegan they thought they were talking to was an imposter, posing as a pop star for their own reasons.
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Carl steps out from behind the camera to interact with Tegan (and to a lesser extent, Sara) on screen as well as the victims who have come forward to share their stories. One thing these women all have in common is high emotional intelligence, and they reveal their own pain while acknowledging the painful experiences of others. As Carr sees the tabloid’s favorite killers and victims, she expresses a deep empathy for her subjects that provides a supportive space for those who admit they have been caught in a scam. Some of them think they’ve made a cool new friend – a pop star! Others believe they are secretly in a relationship with someone. All have been deceived by Fake Tegan (“Fegan” as mentioned in the document), and the investigative team is on their trail.
Teigen herself is speaking out for the first time about catfishing and the impact it has had on her personally. This is the film’s most powerful revelation.
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Teigen is quick to point out that much of her fan base is great and supportive of her music and each other. However, she also made it clear that public figures have a scary dark side, especially when they are queer. The sense of ownership fans feel over celebrities can become critical, even scary.
For Tegan, news of the catfishing was a complete betrayal, making her doubt her friends and herself. As Catfish gains access to private photos, unreleased demo tracks, and even personal family news, she begins to worry if her loved ones are cheating on her, or if so much attention to her fans is leading Catfish to abuse gained the trust of her fans and friends.
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The sense of ownership fans feel over celebrities can become critical, even scary.
The most shocking moment fanaticism is a tense phone conversation between Teigen, Lee and a possible victim/possible suspect who denies that their erratic online behavior towards the artist is harmful. “Nothing happened to you,” they angrily declared to Teigen. This comment reflects the common perception of celebrities and what they have to give up in order to become famous. Recently, queer pop princess Chappell Roan was Go to social media arrive Tell fans to give her space and Tell her family to stop trying to contact her. Some believe she was “destined” to become famous by this invasion of privacy, as if fame was earned by signing a rough contract with the devil himself.
Being famous doesn’t make you elusive, and Teigen showed that by sharing her story—even to the point where she expressed doubts about doing so in the documentary, fearing it would only make things worse. While she remains calm throughout much of the interview, there’s no denying that there’s no end in sight to the emotional burden she’s carrying. All the while, Teigen not only continued to make music, but also worked on a memoir and subsequent works with her sister The TV series adaptation is titled middle school IIt’s a testament to the duo’s resilience. They refuse to let these transgressions define them or subvert their creativity.
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To create context for the digital waters in which this catfish swims, Carr outlines how fan culture Continuously evolving over the past 130 years. The scene started with a backlash from fans of Sherlock Holmes (the original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, not the 2010s John Locke). Since then, one expert has attempted to contextualize fandom’s overreach from 1893 to Eminem’s seminal song “Stan,” which detailed an obsessed fan who turned to violence. Recontextualization of terminology Basically means “super fan”.
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fanaticism Showing that this shift in “Stan” could blur the distinction between fans explain They will do “anything” for their idols and fans, who actually doxx the so-called “haters” or stalk the objects of their obsession. In its rush to connect the dots, the documentary loses the nuance of online conversations, parasocial relationshipsand its love of exaggeration disappeared. A series of reconstructed tweets (with blank avatars and no timestamps) is presented as a slippery slope where online threats of violence can lead to dangerous real-life reactions. Here, Carr cuts to clips of pop stars being grabbed on stage or having objects thrown at them by the crowd, then to clips of convicted stalkers on trial.
Perhaps the purpose of this section is to get each fan to self-reflect on how they might become toxic. But conflating threats of violence and doxxing with tweets like “In my house we support Lana Del Rey and anyone who disagrees can choke on it” is likely to elicit eye rolls. Such banal tweets feel out of place amid the details of Teigen and Sara’s assault, which included threatening to call the former a “horrible person,” sharing their personal files with others, and creating disturbing, sexually explicit fan fiction .
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Perhaps Carr took on too much responsibility when she tried to apply what happened to Tegan and Sara into the broader fan base conversation. (It’s easy to imagine the film as a limited series, given the sheer scale of the subject matter.) But despite this wobbling, Fanatical: Tegan and Sara’s Catfishing It’s a riveting film because of the balance of empathy between the stars and their fans. When a fan base becomes toxic, both parties suffer. Carr shows, through thoughtful interviews and interactions between the real Tegan and Fagan’s victims, who came together to pick up the pieces of this bizarre betrayal of trust.
Fandom should be a place of community, not infighting and fighting with each other.
These sessions range from healing to intense. Carr shrewdly exposes the “unnatural” setting of this interaction by allowing camera equipment and reflectors into the frame. This is not to expose the ruse of the interview, but to support why a particular subject – the Fagan suspect – might feel unsafe at this time. They definitely had the spotlight on them, and they felt it. But from this disturbing place, harsh truths and hurt feelings are finally revealed so that comfort can follow.
Fandom should be a place of community, not infighting and fighting with each other. through fanaticismTegan and Sara struggle to regain the joy of community by sharing and shaking off the awkwardness of the whole situation. Not only are they warning fans to be aware of this curious hacker, but they’re also urging viewers to consider how questionable online behavior can have real-world consequences. Yes, even celebrities.
Fanatical: Tegan and Sara’s Catfishing had its world premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. The documentary will premiere on Hulu at a later date.
