Conjuring Kesha (2022)

Where to find it: Amazon Prime Video
Length: Six 40-minute episodes
Synopsis: Popstar investigates the paranormal
Recommendation rating: 2/5

What I like about it: funny (intentional or not), cool opening titles
What I don’t like about it: she’s very annoying, it’s really bad

Review:
Kesha hasn’t been relevant since dropping the dollar sign so she’s here for a Discovery Channel payday. Mostly low-effort, the formula involves Kesha and an allegedly-famous friend visiting a ghosty tourist attraction and hearing their hacky, rehearsed “encounters”, immediately becoming scared due to her comicly-high suggestibility. The producers play pranks on her that wouldn’t fool an eight-year-old, once an episode they press a buzzer pretending to be a ghost answering her questions. It’s generally fun but it’s never long until Kesha begins one of her egotistic New Age rants about the universe and all its energies centring upon her, a very serious artist. Also fun are the moments of peak liberalism, such as being performatively sympathetic to a ghost they’ve decided is trans and performing an indigenous ceremonial song for the restless spirits of victims of the Trail of Tears.

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