As "Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara" (2024 release; 99 min) opens, Tegan is talking to the director about why she has decided to tell the full story about how she was the subject of catfishing and how it has affected her and the people around her and the fans. The documentary then goes to the early days in Vancouver of identical twins Tegan and Sara, and how they broke into the music scene. At this point we are 10 minutes into the film.
Couple of comments: this is the latest from documentarian Erin Lee Carr ("At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal"). Here she assesses the strange tale of the catfishing of Tegan (someone else pretends to be Tegan, being a fake Tegan or Fegan as Tegan nicknames the fake her). The mere fact that this has happened is already strange. The fact that this went on for years and years is mindboggling. I should mention that I have seen Tegan and Sara 3 or 4 times in concert in the period 2008-2015, and I know who they are, but I am not a die-hard fan and this is the first time I hear of this story. Facts once again are stranger than fiction.
"Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara" premiered at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, and it started streaming on Hulu about 3-4 weeks ago. I just caught up with it earlier this week. If you area fan of Tegan and Sara or simply curious about catfishing, I'd readily suggest you check this out and draw your own conclusion.
