THE PROBLEM WITH PAM & TOMMY

Chandrayee Roy Choudhury, Canada : The new series Pam & Tommy is many things. 

It's a baudy look at the whirlwind romance of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee played by Lily James and Sebastian Stan, and an off-the-wall true-life crime caper involving a disgruntled electrician, an adult movie producer and mobsters. 

Pam & Tommy purports to tell the real story of how the couple's famous sex tape made its way to the web in late 1995, exploding at the worst possible time for Anderson's career.  But for all the real-life details, the eight-part series lacks one critical ingredient: the real Pamela Anderson's participation. 

Which raises the question, who is it for?
The makers of Pam & Tommy say their aim is to correct that narrative.

The eight part mini-series PAM & TOMMY, Streaming on Disney+Canada, explores issues on exploitation and privacy as it recounts how a sex tape of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee was stolen and leaked online in 1995.

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