Filmed 2026-02-09
Bob the Drag Queen
The performer, comedian and author
Criterion's own upload · on criterion.com
The performer, comedian, and author praises Hedwig and the Angry Inch as a drag-queen staple, discovers a lacerating self-portrait by Richard Pryor, and talks about the immense cultural impact of Paris Is Burning.
What they took
6 cases, in the order Criterion lists them. None of them is a box set, so the count of choices and the count of films reached are the same.
Least-picked choice here: The Wiz, taken by nobody else.
Table view
| Chose | Director | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Hedwig and the Angry Inch | John Cameron Mitchell | 2001 |
| 2 |  Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling | Richard Pryor | 1986 |
| 3 |  Pee-wee’s Big Adventure | Tim Burton | 1985 |
| 4 |  Network | Sidney Lumet | 1976 |
| 5 |  The Wiz | Sidney Lumet | 1978 |
| 6 |  Paris Is Burning | Jennie Livingston | 1990 |
United States accounts for six of their six single films.
Closest taste
Jaccard overlap against every other visit, counted on what came off the shelf rather than on films, so a shared box set counts once rather than as the films inside it.
403 visits compared · 31 filmed-together pairs excluded
Their decades
Their six single films with a release year on record, against where every guest's single-film picks land. Box sets are left out of both sides, so the two bars measure the same thing.