‘Inside America’s Next Top Model’ Isn’t The Reckoning We’ve Been Waiting For
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Netflix’s three-part docuseries unpacks the TV juggernaut’s complicated legacy, but does little to actually hold the show accountable.
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The second I spotted Tyra Banks as a talking head in the “Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model” trailer, I knew the Netflix docuseries wouldn’t deliver the long-awaited reckoning fans had waited for all these years.
The three-part documentary event, directed by Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan, offers an “unprecedented look behind the scenes” of the hit modeling series, featuring new interviews with former judges — Jay Manuel, J. Alexander (aka Miss J) and Nigel Barker — contestants and winners, and yes, even Banks herself — who’s faced backlash in recent years over her show’s many controversies.
Of course, it wasn’t always like that, though.
When Banks’ smash series premiered over 20 years ago, its mission was simple: Show the world what it takes to become a top model — the highs, the lows and everything in between, without shying away from the industry realities Banks had once endured.
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