Jelly Roll: Save Me

I had to edit my review just to say this, just like his something, people seem to have some jealousy issues haha. The hate goes on!! I have become a big fan of jelly roll because his music speaks to me in a way that only someone who has lived a life like I have can. It helps me remember that that at one time I was that "same A-hole" but every one can overcome their demons. This documentary takes you behind the scenes to show you why he is who he is and why his fans love him. The music, the tours, how he was raised and more are explored. Jelly Roll is truly inspiring in the fact that he owns up to his error but clearly want to be a better man for his kid, and his wife. This shows sheds a light on what a not just what a big talent this man is, but what an incredibly big heart he has. If you do not know about Jelly roll and his inspirational(understanding depression) music, this documentary gives you a great start and I am certain most people will come out being fans of the man if not his artistic work.

This guy is a real con artist. I can see how people might think he is an inspiration, at first. He doesn't have much to say, just the same old, "Life did me wrong." Quit the 8th or 9th grade, I can't remember which. I watched another interview with him, in which one of his party buddies does the question asking. Mostly what they talk about is doing acid and getting high and drinking. The saddest part is after listening to him for awhile, he makes things up. When he's asked a question, he has the habit of saying things like, "Oh yeah, I did that, I know about that, or I was going to do that" - classic BS stuff. The guy is not a hero. If you need a hero, look for a teacher or doctor, not this scam artist. He's laughing, all the way to the bank, at the people he's supposedly portraying.

Dcoumentary films about musicians have always been self-congratulatory puff-pieces, but now that the corporate grip on commercial music production has closed so completely that it is impossible - rather than just very difficult - to "make it" without being the creation of a media PR machine (I am a musician, and know whereof I speak), a new sub-genre of music doc has emerged: namely transparent attempts to continue peddling the myth that the little guy can still make it big. This depiction of the man known as Jelly Roll is a virtual apotheosis of this concept: despite being admittedly "too fat and ugly" to be a star (which does actually literally mean that he would never be allowed to be one - this reality cannot be overcome), and a multiple jailbird, drunk, druggie, etc. Etc, he is described as having the most meteoric rise to stardom ever of a musician. The entire situation is so palpably manufactured and false that it beggars belief. "We released a song on YouTube, and the next day we were performing in stadiums every night." Yeah, right. The PR people can't even be bothered to ensure that the actor playing "Jelly Roll" stays in character throughout: his dialogue is far too sophisticated to be spoken by a 9th-grade drop-out, or whatever he is supposed to be. Even his "good old boy" accent keeps slipping, revealing glimpses of a much more educated way of speaking. Essentially, then, this film is the next level of the deliberate mocking of musicians at the bottom of the industry food chain (which is the only position that now exists, other than created global phenomenon: there is nothing in-between) by smug company lackeys who have arrogated all power unto themselves, and delight in rubbing everyone else's noses in this fact.

This guy is a real con artist. I can see how people might think he is an inspiration, at first. He doen't have much to say, just the same old, "Life did me wrong." Quit the 8th or 9th grade, I can't remember which. I atched another interview with him, in which one of his party buddis does the question asking. Mostly what they talk about is doing acid and getting high and drinking. The saddest part is after listening to him for awhile, he makes things up. When he's asked a question he has the habit of saying things like, "Oh yeah, I did that, I know about that, or I was going to do that" - classic BS stuff. The guy is not a hero. If you need a hero, look for a teacher or doctor, not this scam artist.

I have become a big fan of jelly roll because his music speaks to me in a way that only someone who has lived a life like I have can. This documentary takes you behind the scenes to show you why he is who he is and why his fans love him. The music, the tours, how he was raised and more are explored. Jelly Roll is truly inspiring. This shows sheds a light on what a not just what a big talent this man is, but what an incredibly big heart he has. If you do not know about Jelly roll and his inspirational music, this documentary gives you a great start and I am certain most people will come out being fans of the man if not his artistic work.