The music industry documentary has undergone a massive paradigm shift. Where once we had glossy concert films, we now have deeply intimate, vulnerable character studies. Films like Miss Americana (Taylor Swift), Gaga: Five Foot Two (Lady Gaga), and Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil pull back the layers of pop superstardom to reveal chronic pain, mental health crises, and the suffocating pressure of public scrutiny. While partially managed by the artists' public relations teams, these docs offer a level of access that was unthinkable in the eras of Marilyn Monroe or Michael Jackson. 3. The Institutional Expose
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