Here's a sign of the times: as I'm writing this review of "Apple Cider Vinegar," a Netflix series about a woman who achieved internet celebrity by faking a battle with cancer, my colleague is reviewing "Scamanda,

Is Apple Cider Vinegar based on a true story? Here who is real and who is fictional, what is real and what is made up, in the new Netflix show.

At the top of each Apple Cider Vinegar episode, characters break the fourth wall and tell us, "This is a true story based on a lie." The true story in question? The rise and fall of Australian influencer Belle Gibson ( Booksmart 's Kaitlyn Dever),