How a 30-Year-Old Mastermind Fooled an Entire High School Into Thinking He Was a Teen—And What It Means for Trust in the Digital Age
When I interviewed McLeod, I noticed that neither of us used MacKinnon’s real name: Instead, we both referred to him as Brandon. I shouldn’t have been surprised considering that My Old School does a good job establishing who Brandon “was” as seen through the eyes of his now-middle-aged classmates, who vividly recall their time with him — even when their recollections don’t always line up with each other, or the actual truth. (Was Brandon a good singer? Depends on who you ask.) In a sense, the documentary is chasing after a ghost, a person who never was but sure seemed to be. Complimenting Cumming’s performance, McLeod tells me at one point, “What he’s portraying is Brandon — if the Brandon that I knew grew up. It’s what Brandon Lee would’ve looked like had he been a real person.”
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