PrimeWire

It’s too bad there aren’t links for this, it’s a fantastic (and extremely frustrating) documentary.

Laura Albert managed to write several rather good, dark, twisted novels. For whatever reason, she felt the need to promote them as nonfiction, and created a living character (rather than just a pseudonym) to match. Somehow with a stand-in actor in a ridiculously obvious disguise, she managed to fool many people in the celebrity and literary world that JT Leroy actually existed, the books were based on various elements of his tragic, fvcked up life.
So this delves deeper into her own reasons why she did this. She reveals herself to be a deeply insecure woman with a bizarre fascination with little boys being abused by (specifically) gay men. (Just my opinion but mad pedo vibes here). Her lack of self-awareness and narcissism is astounding. You get the impression she feels she’s doing a great job and that now people will understand why she felt the need to act out this completely loony plot. Holy Borderline Personality Disorder, batman!

This film is a weird one, with lots of twists and turns. Seeing the author, contrasted with her alter-ego (performed by her friend) in action casts certain elements of her books in a different light entirely. There’s so many hilariously cringey, odd moments here, and plenty of insight into the detached, weird world of celebrities.

Hopefully links will show up (I’ll try), because how often do you see a film about a literary hoax?