So this documentary focuses on four people who dress up as famous superheroes and walk along Hollywood Boulevard in L.A. "accepting tips" in exchange for posing for photographs. Some remark that it's a slight step up from panhandling. The doc focuses on a Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Incredible Hulk. And each of them is messed up in their own special way - except for Wonder Woman (Jennifer Wenger) - who I'm glad to see is starting to get a bit of an actual acting career going - she's the typical girl who got off the bus from a small town and is trying to make it. The rest are all semi-delusional middle aged men. They're all waiting for Hollywood to discover them and turn them into leading men and women, and believe that this somehow gains them good exposure. Batman, not unlike his namesake, is a bit of a sociopath. On camera he confesses to a shrink about a time in his past where a loved one of his way killed and he "left a pile of bodies in the pursuit of her killer". Whether he's telling the truth or not - this guy is messed up. The Superman, a Christopher Reeves lookalike, is obsessed in a sincere way with the Man of Steel - to the point where he travels across the country for a costume competition - where he thinks he's a shoe-in because Reeves has just passed away. The results may just break your heart a little.
It's a fun little film that gives you an insight into just what some of these poor bastards go through, and why they go through it. It's not super sad, but it's by no means uplifting. An interesting doc.
Confessions of a Superhero
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