The wigs are mile-high and so are the attitudes in this cheerful documentary about men in
skirts. And sequins. And pushup bras. And just about anything else that catches their
fancy. Filmmaker Randy Shils gives us front-row seats at downtown Manhattan's annual Labor
Day drag extravaganza. Among the standout performers: Atlanta's eternally glamorous
RuPaul; The Dueling Bankheads; a love-and-marriage drag ballet; and the wickedly satirical
Lypsinka doing "I'm Alive" from "Applause." Compared to the infinitely intriguing "Paris
is Burning," there's nothing profound here. Like its "girls," "Wigstock" just wants to have
fun. But the outed outrageous creates a surreal festival atmosphere ~ like a Carnival
Cruise in which EVERYONE gets to be Kathy Lee. The endless parade of baubles, bangles and
boys does get repetitious, but at a mere 80 minutes, the movie has you out the door before
you're out of patience.
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