Wig

This doc was insightful and well done. It's right up there up with my other favorite Docs about NYC communities, "Paris is Burning" and "Fetishes" from the 80's and 90's, to name a few.

This doc is also so entertaining containing such talented performers. Not sure what else people want from a doc. I was so excited for this portrait of a colorful and full of life community that keeps NY spinning and incessantly advancing performance, art, culture, and society.

Loved the parallels between Lady Bunny and Charlene. This doc shows how drag's original focus is still alive and centers those who are continuing to create the type of drag that futhers creativity and activism. It's also really, really pretty.

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.

It was a really well made documentary and it was really cool seeing all the early footage of the scene back in the day, but the documentary failed to highlight what happened after Wigstock's last festival.

a whole scene bloomed in brooklyn and another festival called Bushwig was created. WIG failed terribly in highlighting that moment in time. If your going to make a documentary THEN make a documentary and research. It's dangerous to make documentaries that are not accurate.

If you're looking for a closer lewk at the real world of Drag, this is for you! This isn't Drag Race; it's a fun, nostalgic doc about the drag festival, Wigstock which was started in the East Village of Manahattan in the '80's and features clips from the past, some of Drag's pioneering Queens to the 2018 resurgence of the festival. Some familiar faces from Rupaul's Drag Race but it's not focused on them.