The College-Admissions Scandal Was Better Than a Movie
The Lifetime film adaptation barely had to make anything up.
When the Varsity Blues college-admissions scandal came to light earlier this year, its dramatic details captured the nation's attention. In March, dozens of wealthy parents, including bankers, CEOs, and movie stars, were charged by federal prosecutors for taking part in a fraudulent scheme to effectively buy their children a place at some of the nation’s top colleges. There was money, fame, deception—it only made sense that, eventually, the seemingly made-for-television drama of it all would actually be made for television.
Lifetime, perhaps best known for happy-ending-heavy holiday programming, was the channel that fulfilled this
