‘Bad Reputation': Kevin Kerslake’s documentary is a ‘Behind The Music’esque love letter to Joan Jett
In the midst of the #MeToo era, Kevin Kerslake’s newest documentary 'Bad Reputation' is about the life and career of Joan Jett and couldn’t have come at a better time. Jett has been an icon for women for decades and truly paved the way for female rockers of the eighties and continued to do so today. In a re-telling of Jett’s life and career that can most accurately be compared to a superb elongated episode of VH1’s old docuseries 'Behind The Music', 'Bad Reputation' is a celebration of Jett and her music.
Assembled with a blend of interviews and archived footage, 'Bad Reputation' begins its story with Jett’s early teen years when she got her first guitar. The narrative quickly transitions to the formation of her first band, the infamous all-female The Runaways.
