Wig

A fun and campy documentary about the drag festival Wigstock and its founder, Lady Bunny. Many appearances by drag icons of NYC.

Drag is everything. Willam was not used enough. Loved all the history. NY was lucky to have these acts.

I thought this movie was a great idea. Catching up with Wigstock as it was making a come back after all this time. Such a good idea.

The clips at the beginning were really great showing the drag scene in new York in the 80s. It made you want to be there you could feel the electric energy from the amazing clips.

Then it kinda starts to go of the tracks. This doc has so much going on that it spreads it's self very thin. It has the vintage clips, planing wigstock, random interviews and more and it doesn't really focus in on Wigstock which is what I wanted I guess.

However I will say it was interesting seeing how the bar scene/non drag race queens have been affected by RuPaul's Drag Race. But this was only mentioned briefly as it was fighting against everything else.

The actual Wigstock performances are only in the last 20 minutes and a lot of them are relegated to montages. I wish it had took more notes from Wigstock: The Movie. The performances are fabulous and it would have been great to see more.

Definitely watch it. It's interesting and has great performances. I would watch Wigstock: The Movie first so you can see the change in time for your self.

Queens with real talent beyond shopping/sourcing/renting/borrowing outfits and serving face. In an Instagram/Kim K/Paris Hilton/Famous with no real talent world, every single one of these ladies turn it. This document is thoughtful and inclusive. My vote for surprise breakout star was Charlene Incarnate, probably because I'm a gulf-coaster, and our scene is dominated by pageant drag. And the herstory is so amazing and critical. I really hope that someone tackles Drag on a ken burns level (think jazz or baseball), but until then, this is one of the best nonfiction works I've seen on the evolution of modern drag. They had to make a choice on what to show in this format and around the rebirth of wigstock. I hope someone in the future does an massive scope docu series from late 1800's drag to Paris is Burning era ballroom to RuPaul's breakout to modern day.

Not a fan of this genre but watched the documentary. My wife and one daughter are fans of it. It was interesting to watch but it seem like there was some bias against Rue Paul and the claim from some that all Drag performers were of one sexual preference forced me to research further into the history of drag performers. Glad I did to be honest.

There is a lot more to its history and no doubt many might be of one sexual preference there are some performers that do it just for the fun of it. Plus Rue Paul helped blast the door open to the public about this type of entertainment.

There does seem to be a bit of a culture war going on within the community just looking at the various websites about it. Either way I hope they continue to have fun doing it and know not to take it all too seriously.