Netflix Watch Instantly Pick of the Week - 3/26/12

Confessions of a Superhero

From 2007, this documentary follows the lives of four separate people in Los Angeles, all of them aspiring actors, all of them relegated to dressing up in costumes and standing on the sidewalk to take pictures with tourists for money. There is a Superman, a Batman, a Wonder Woman and an Incredible Hulk, and the people in these costumes are all fascinating in their own ways, as they all came from vastly different backgrounds to only find themselves standing side by side, vying for the attention of the same tourists and their dollars, selling themselves one digital picture at a time. This documentary is both very funny and kind of sad, but never in a mocking or cruel manner - these people are given the proper respect and sometimes just enough rope to hang themselves - and it makes for a very entertaining and surprisingly insightful ninety minutes.

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