A beautiful tale of art-imitating-life-imitating-art. It revved me up to write, and inspired me to kick out the internal blockades. I felt an extremely strong connection to Laura and J.T. I will unabashedly state that I was jealous of the wonderful ride they had - both the highs and the lows. (I have had the lows myself, but never thought to exorcise my demons in the same manner - now I wish I had.) There are points in the film where my heart ached for Laura and J.T., not the least being that I KNOW that both their stories are real in the everyday world around us. In most cases these stories make the news for a minute, and are then submerged under the weight of fresh horrors, or simply because it is easier to ignore these truths than look at them squarely. Laura brought this story to the world in a manner that hooked us and refused to let go. And the story is as beautifully moving as it is dark. For me, although J.T. Is a fiction, I believe the way in which J.T.'s story was given to us is a blessing and not something to be cursed. I see both J.T.'s and Laura's worlds, both real and imagined, and the blurring of the line between the two as a magical place that we can be grateful to be invited into. Bravo Laura, Bravo J.T.!!!!!!
Review of Author: The JT LeRoy Story
