For our late summer return your Docn’ pals take a bow with Madonna: Truth or Dare, a 1991 doc directed by Alek Kenshihia (of the feature full-length film With Honors in 1994, and of the 2017 Fergie short “Fergie: Save it Till Morning”) and starring Madonna but personally introducing her coterie of dancers, assistants, stage managers, family, and obscure hangers-on. Truth or Dare was a fantastically successful documentary by most critical and commercial standards, but perhaps because of Madonna’s own constant reinventions or just the fact that it has been thirty dang years since its release, exploring this documentary in 2021 felt both nostalgic and fresh. Join us in cheers for the hardworking staff who made the 1990 Blonde Ambition tour such a success despite seasonal and other mishaps; indulge in jeers for “neat” boy Kevin Costner and the Fascist State of Toronto.

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