Superstar In A Housedress

Narrated by Lily Tomlin and featuring a bevy of in-the-know interviews, this exceptionally entertaining documentary from filmmaker Craig Highberger shines the footlights on Jackie Curtis, an Andy Warhol superstar who transcended the Factory scene and proved to be rather exceptional himself. As Village Voice columnist Michael Musto explains in this affectionate tribute to the way-off Broadway playwright, poet and performer, Jackie Curtis was Jackie Curtis before he ever met Warhol. Unlike so many other moths who fluttered around the pop artist's cold flame — stars like Holly Woodlawn and Candy Darling, who, along with Curtis formed Andy's transvestite triumvira...