Bama Rush documentary (HBO) coming May 23rd

[Anonymous]

This is 2023! Hidden cameras and microphones can be tiny and wireless. They could have come up with some necklace for a PNM to wear and the sororities would have had no clue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My son goes to Tennessee. Apparently Alabama sorority rush happened a week before Tennessee and word got out that some of the Alabama girls wore wires and cameras and they actually caught a few at Tennessee trying to infiltrate. Seems as though HBO was trying this at multiple schools.

I doubt it 🙄

Seems like all the Alabama people are very angry & throwing everything they can at this documentary.

I personally find it interesting! I love peaking into bizarre subcultures. I do have to admit that I would not send my daughter there after watching it.

[Anonymous]

Did you know the director is bald?!?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did you know the director is bald?!?

Yes, it’s in the documentary, she makes a few appearances. She has alopecia. Her appearances are quite arresting! She is a compelling figure. It’s an interesting juxtaposition to the vapid silly Bama girls.

[Anonymous]

I have a good friend who had two girls go through Bama and both joined sororities. I recall the whole summer prepping for the process...lots of shopping for clothes and makeup. So shallow.

[Anonymous]

It was boring

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you know the director is bald?!?

Yes, it’s in the documentary, she makes a few appearances. She has alopecia. Her appearances are quite arresting! She is a compelling figure. It’s an interesting juxtaposition to the vapid silly Bama girls.

It was a joke as she mentioned it probably 37 times. Never have we seen a doc featuring the director of said doc more prominently than the subject matter.

[Anonymous]

Well they OBVIOUSLY did not mic up the PNMs because if they had it would have been infinitely more interesting than this 1hr 40min waste of time.

[Anonymous]

^^^To add, if you REALLY want an inside juicy look at sororities read Pledged by Alexandra Robbins!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well they OBVIOUSLY did not mic up the PNMs because if they had it would have been infinitely more interesting than this 1hr 40min waste of time.

When I finished I thought what the heck did I miss? It was so disjointed and had little insight to the process.
The director sticking to just her own story would have been interesting but the juxtaposition with rush just didn't work.

[Anonymous]

Was excited to watch this last night and it was a nothingburger. Disjointed. Boring.

Now I have to hope the Duggar doc is better

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Even the fraternities have a video these days, but it seems to be mostly showing the house. Interestingly … neither of these guys has a strong Southern accent.

Only 42.1% of UA students come from Alabama.

True but some PP’s made it sound like you’ll never make a “top house” if you’re not from Alabama. But maybe the frats aren’t like that.

The fraternities are indeed exclusive of OOS-ers. You can’t get into a top fraternity at Ole Miss for example if you aren’t from the state -even then you’d better know people in Oxford and have some strong connections.

[Anonymous]

The director's inclusion in the series ruined it. It was not supposed to be about her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The director's inclusion in the series ruined it. It was not supposed to be about her.

I wonder if that was her plan from the beginning or if she inserted herself after the rumors squashed any plans she had to record rush activities.

[Anonymous]

Apparently Alabama folks are freaking out over the documentary and trying to disparage the director, fill sites with fake reviews, etc.

In the documentary a creepy fraternity mother said “no messes with the University of Alabama”….which I found intriguing… and the apparent (?!) oppo attack against the film makes me even more intrigued…no dog in the fight but I do like a juicy story