Tue 13 Nov
2012
Beauty Is Embarrassing
A documentary about Wayne White, the artist, cartoonist, animator, painter and co-creator of the iconic “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse.” The film “chronicles the vaulted highs and the crushing lows of a commercial artist struggling to find peace and balance between his work and his art. Acting as his own narrator, Wayne guides us through his life using moments from his latest creation: a hilarious, biographical one-man show.”
It looks wonderful. I haven’t watched it yet, but it’s just US$7.99 to download, so that could happen really soon. Find out more at the movie’s official site.
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Wayne’s story is beautiful and inspiring, but I’m not entirely sure the film was able to offer the same one-two punch as his show does. In fact my favorite moments from the film are the clips of his current show. Makes me wonder if this could have worked better as a “concert film” interspersed with one-on-one interviews.
That said, I backed this project on Kickstarter and I’m really happy I did. Otherwise I’d still be ignorant to Wayne’s inspirational story and talent.