Shut Up & Sing
Shut Up & SingWeinstein Company
Never ones to shy away from controversy or refrain from flipping the bird to old-fogey Nashville, the Dixie Chicks bit off more than they could chew when singer Natalie Maines dissed Dubya in 2003. Shut Up & Sing follows the aftermath, as the Chicks go from country music's little darlings to outcasts. The doc cuts between the group negotiating the backlash from conservative fans and recording an angry follow-up, Taking the Long Way — but like Metallica's portrait of implosion, Some Kind of Monster, the result is something bigger than your standard rockumentary. Even if you don't give a rat's ass about the Chicks' blend of new country and sassy estrogen-pop, it's hard to not admire the band's gumption during the shit-storm fall-out or their refusal to kowtow to political bullies.
