Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterNetflix shines an unflattering light on the infamous college admissions scandal in the first trailer for the upcoming documentary “Operation Varsity Blues.”The film, using real conversations recreated from FBI wiretaps, delves deep into the 2019 nationwide scandal that gripped the country and saw rich and influential parents buy their kids’ ways into top schools.The trailer leans heavily into some dramatic irony.“Is there any risk that this thing blows up in my face?” one parent is heard asking Rick Singer, the mastermind behind the bribery scheme, on the phone.
Matthew Modine portrays Singer in the film.As the documentary highlights, Singer’s schemes included everything from enabling students to cheat.
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