"Circus of Books" LGBT Documentary on Netflix

[KC 🦋]

Does this documentary seriously not have a thread?

It's about the gay porn store and its role in LGBT rights.

Alaska is in it because she used to work there.

And I just realized that I've been in it twice without realizing how iconic it is.

 

[Hard Rock Ag-elujah]

RIMTASTIC!

 

[COB]

I watched this recently, it was quite the eye opener! I loved the husband, he came across as the most easy-going person in the world

Also, Jeff Stryker is still looking HOT.

 

[Phoenix]

I thought it was unfocused, it didn’t say much other than those are my parents they ran a porn shop. There was very little insight into anything.

 

[COB]

I did wonder what sort of documentary we'd have got with a filmmaker that wasn't their daughter.

 

[Samanta TinAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAaaaA]

Yeah agree with both comments above - I wanted to know about the bookshop, but they kept focusing on the poor brave son who battled against the odds to come out as

Spoiler

gay

Every time it got interesting it just circled back on the family, who weren’t particularly interesting TBH.

I actually went to Circus Of Books last time I was in LA, not realising it’s heritage. I bought a load of vintage porn and weird gay zines with pervy stories in - god only knows where they are now!

 

[Will]

It did feel a bit unfinished. The store closed at 6pm, and then they packed away the DVDs (I dread to think how long that must have taken). Then there was a long moment of black screen, and then the credits.

It would have been nice to know what they've been up to since the store closed. How they've transitioned back to a regular life. What happened to all that porn!

 

[Will]

Also, whenever there was flashback that featured the director as a teenager, it was like looking right at iconic X Factor auditionee Rachel Lester.