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Serious music lovers at least “serious” in their own minds generally have a snobbish attitude toward pop music. It’s shallow and doesn’t have any substance. It should not be considered in the same way and at the same level as “real” music. The Netflix docu-series This Is Pop smashes through all those lofty ideas in its eight 44-minute episodes. ....
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University of Victoria grads Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn, who own and operate Toronto’s Banger Films, couldn’t cover every corner of the pop music landscape in just eight hours of programming the genre, now 70 years old, includes everyone from Elvis Presley to Eminem. But the co-executive producers touch on some pivotal moments in music, by using an approach similar to the one ESPN used for its Academy Award-winning sports series 30 for 30 with a preference for intimate portraits. “We’ve never done a series where almost every episode has a different director and a different style to it,” Dunn said. “I think we learned along the way to embrace that. That’s what we loved about 30 for 30 all those docs had a very distinct style, for sure. ....