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A hip-hop reimagining of The Great Gatsby that fails both as an update of F. Scott Fitzgerald's dissection of American aspirations and class barriers and on its own boorish terms, this shallow tragedy of manners was conceived by Andrew Lauren, the son of designer Ralph (who, coincidentally, costumed the 1971 remake of GATSBY). Journalist Tre (Andre Royo) is assigned to profile self-made rap mogul Summer G (Richard T. Jones) for "True Flow" magazine. G is summering in the Hamptons, surrounded by bodyguards, hangers on and protégés, including girlfriend Daizy Duke (Jillian Lindsey), who's agitating to make the transition from rapping to singing; Craig ...