Reality TV in the 2000s got truly wild, and by that I mean repellent.
Remember the Fox show The Swan, wherein average women were challenged to go to radical extremes to change their appearances, and presumably by extension their lives? Well, Hulu’s The Swan: Behind The Mirror not only will dig out these dusty memories of trash TV past, but also reveal what it was like for the so-called “ugly ducklings” who survived it.
From Erin Lee Carr, the documentarian behind Mommy Dead & Dearest, Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara, and Britney vs. Spears, comes a documentary that is sure to get the internet buzzing. Carr is known for intimate interviews with controversial figures, including the “cannibal cop” Gilberto Valle, Gypsy Rose Blanchard, and convicted killer Lois Reiss. So, what secrets might she pry out of the producers of The Swan? From the trailer alone, you can see some folks don’t have the sense to hide their inner ugliness. And we can’t look away.
The Swan: Behind the Mirror premieres on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ on Sept. 29.
