In the monkey-see/ monkey do and do and do over and over again world of entertainment, the hottest new trend in film has become the Biopic.  But naturally there are very few figures in the American entertainment lexicon worthy of being immortalized on the big screen.  The rest are destined to fail as box office flops or straight to DVD disappointments.

And while producers everywhere are rolling the dice in the hopes they’ll deliver the next “Walk The Line” or “Notorious” others have become more realistic even when the stars who propose the films aren’t.  Take  Lionel Richie for example.  The legendary musician recently pitched a film about his life however it was rejected by producers because it was deemed that his personal journey was too ordinary.

“I’ve been approached in the past by Hollywood about a book or a movie about my life but you know it never happens,” he said, according to WENN. “They said to me, ‘Let’s talk about your ghetto experiences,’ and I said, ‘Well, I lived on the college campus so I didn’t really have any.’

“So then they asked: ‘Ok, let’s talk about your father and mother breaking up…’ and I said: ‘That never happened, my mother, who was a school principal, and my father, who was a systems analyst, were fine…’

“So then they asked, ‘Let’s talk about the struggle within your group The Commodores.’ And I said, ‘Excuse me but I had (a) hit record in my senior year in college.’ Then the producer turned round to me and replied. ‘This is the worst story I’ve heard in my whole life. There is no tragedy.’”

You know they say sex sells.  Well tragedy is the best kind of sex there is.  Its unfortunate but true, people want to see the struggle, the drug abuse, the death and destruction.  We don’t hit the newsstands, bookstores or box office because we want normal.  Especially in these economic times we want to be entertained by the tragedy of others especially those more fortune than ourselves.  If the story has a happy ending it provides hope and inspiration and if it ends tragically it gives us an outlet to channel our frustrations.   None the less I’m going to have to agree with the producers…I’m glad they passed on Lionel Richie, now his daughter…