“Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping” seems like a box-office poison title until you see the nerve and verve with which this pop-music mockumentary is laced. Its subtitle is the first of many carotid-hungry barbs launched at Justin Bieber (tweaking his "Never Say Never" concert film title). But it also suggests an often overwhelming obligation to a hellish hustle – an endless, tail-eating hurly-burly egged on by nagging insecurity, image-chasing and instantaneous commentary on every choice made by someone famous – not just in a Kafka-meets-Gaga sense but across the entire pop-culture experience of 2016.
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
“Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping” seems like a box-office poison title until you see the nerve and verve with which this pop-music mockumentary is laced. Its subtitle is the first of many carotid-hungry barbs launched at Justin Bieber (tweaking his "Never Say Never" concert film title). But it also suggests an often overwhelming obligation to a hellish hustle – an endless, tail-eating hurly-burly egged on by nagging insecurity, image-chasing and instantaneous commentary on every choice made by someone famous – not just in a Kafka-meets-Gaga sense but across the entire pop-culture experience of 2016.