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  • Summary: This documentary examines the life and legend of Warhol transvestite superstar Jackie Curtis who was a poet, playwright, performer, and one of the great personalities of his time. (Highberger Media Inc.)

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  1. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Albert Williams
    80
    Evoking Curtis's mystique and eccentric personality, filmmaker Craig Highberger also delivers an invaluable chronicle of New York's barrier-smashing underground arts scene circa 1968-'74.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Ronnie Scheib
    80
    Fan, friend and documentarian Craig Highberger delivers the goods with rare clips of the inimitable Jackie in Off-Off Broadway shows written by the star. The shaky, blurry quality of this never-before-seen archival footage shot by the helmer only adds to pic's surreal shoestring mystique.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: J. Hoberman
    80
    A fabulously fond and entertaining tribute to the quick-witted Lower East Side kid.

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