Beauty Is Embarrassing

Neil Berkeley
2012-09-07


7.3
88 min

Raised in the Tennessee mountains, Wayne White started his career as a cartoonist in NYC. He quickly found success as one of the creators of the Pee-wee's Playhouse TV show which soon led to more work designing some of the most arresting and iconic images in pop culture. Recently his word paintings featuring pithy and and often sarcastic text statements finely crafted onto vintage landscape paintings have made him a darling of the fine art world. The movie chronicles the vaulted highs and crushing lows of an artist struggling to find peace and balance between his professional work and his personal art. This is especially complicated for a man who struggles with the virtues he most often mocks in his art...Vanity, ego and fame.

Cast

Name Character Team
Wayne White Self Unowned
Mimi Pond Self Unowned
Woodrow White Self Unowned
Lulu White Self Unowned
Gary Panter Self Unowned
Mark Mothersbaugh Self Unowned
Ric Heitzman Self Unowned
Billie June White Self Unowned
Willis White Self Unowned
Paul Reubens Self Unowned
Matt Groening Self Unowned