How HBO’sThe RingleaderRecontextualizes the Bling Ring
Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. A new documentary is examining the Bling Ring from the POV of their alleged ringleader, Rachel Lee. But I could see how it was quite entertaining for the world to see the story that way. The story was framed as a tale of materialism gone wild, the ugly product of our celebrity-obsessed society. ButThe Ringleaderemphasizes how these crimes came from something more eternal that 2000s logomania: a toxic teenage friendship....