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| ACTORS: | Alexis Arquette, John Epperson, Deborah Harry |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Barry Shils |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 09 June, 1995 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen |
| TYPE: | Documentary |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 027616886507 |
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Customer Reviews of Wigstock - The Movie
Absolutely Fabulous This is one of the best feel-good movies I've ever seen. It made me proud to be gay. So much talent in the gay community (no surprise there!) and so much positivity. Mistress Formika is awesome. So are the Wigstock dancers. Actually, come to think of it, everyone involved is absolutely fabulous - including the audience! <
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>The only reason I'm giving this DVD four not five stars is because (apart from the theatrical trailer) there aren't any extras (what about Debbie Harry singing Rip Her To Shreds that was left out of the original, for example???) and it is simply not long enough. At a running time just under one and a half hours it's a case of less is less. I wanted more!
Tired! (except for "THE LADY" BUNNY!!!!...who rules!)
Once upon a time WIGSTOCK was fun. Definately before this movie was made.
Oh look there's that SAD RUPAUL on the cover, now I definately won't buy it.
Maybe if LADY BUNNY was the the only cover girl I would buy it. LADY BUNNY, a real performer. RUPAUL...TIRED! (repeat after me!!)
And what the hell is CRYSTAL WATERS doing in this movie? TIRED!
This film is really a SAD attempt at documenting the history of a very fascinating and lively event.
How about more of the people that really made the 80's EAST VILLAGE happen...WENDY WILD, JOHN SEX...etc I mean even have some minor figures from the 80's.
They at least have TABOO!, and FFFLOYD. But there were SO MANY OTHERS...why did they have to concentrate on the non-interesting performers from that era??
MORE LADY BUNNY!! LADY BUNNY!!
Love Your Hair. I Hope It Wins!
From ancient Greek drama to Chinese opera, from the era of Shakespeare to the reign of the Italian castrati, throughout the world and for most of history women did not appear on stage. This gave rise to a revered theatrical tradition of what might best be called "female illusionists"--male artists who specialized in the performance of female roles and who were capable of making an audience believe a woman stood on stage before them. Such artists are still very much with us today. But you won't find any of them in WIGSTOCK: THE MOVIE.
The high-end performers here are RuPaul and Lypsinka. RuPaul is essentially an entertainer who plays with gender and racial iconography to create an enjoyable stage persona, and as such is very well known to mainstream audiences; although lesser known, Lypsinka is the more talented artist, creating considerably more subtle and wickedly camp charactures. Both are very enjoyable--but the vast majority of the performers on stage might best be described as "tacky barroom drag queens." Some of these are very, very good at what they do, with "Lady Bunny" a case in point, but most are of a type: toying with a mix of 1950s-1960s-1970s female fashion brought up to a ludicrously "glamorous" degree and mixed with 1990s punk-and-funk styles, these are the drag queens you might find on stage in any mid-size city's gay bar of note. But because they are so common, viewers familar with the drag world will be unimpressed: we've seen it again and again and again. They aren't particularly original, and therefore they aren't any more interesting on stage than the acts you've seen a hundred times before.
On the other hand, they are VERY interesting off-stage, and this documentary works best when it contrasts the preparations of the performers and their on-stage performances--giving us glimpses into the lives, motivations, and complicated preparations of the performers. And the audience itself is fascinating, a huge array of gay, straight, costumed, and (sometimes considerably) uncostumed people who are all bent on having a good time and don't mind showing that in front of the camera. Unfortunately, these backstage glimpses and audience shots are too few to make WIGSTOCK: THE MOVIE more than merely tantalizing, and the film in general eschews the "politics of drag" (for drag has always been to some degree a political statement) in favor of a "happy party" tone that wears thin well before the film comes to an end. Recommended, but primarily for those who know absolutely nothing about drag queens, their performing styles, and their backstage lives.