Adrian Street Story: You May Be Pretty, But I Am Beautiful

I really enjoyed this having purchased through YouTube. I have watched it numerous times and not tiring of it. Adrian wrestled at his peak prior to when I was of an age to watch wrestling and this film has made me a big fan of his and have sought out as many matches as I can to watch.

This gave me an insight in to a world I've never been exposed to. Thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish!

Watched this with my partner over the Christmas break. We had no idea who Adrian was but wanted to watch as I had read about it in Slam Wrestling review and it was recommended. If you love glam rock and wrestling you really will enjoy this. Adrian's music is the soundtrack throughout and is really just a down to earth insight into his career, spoken by the man himself. From what we've read, Adrian worked very closely on the documentary and approved it so everything that is in it is authentic. It's not a high budget production, but if you love genuine stories of remarkable people then this should be on your 2021 playlist. There's no hollywood pizzaz or nonsense. Just a real, raw, inspirational documentary as it should be.

Superb! I was lucky enough to see this title at a film festival in May 2019. It was not only one of the highlights of the festival for me, but an impressively poignant piece of cinema, that remains firm in my heart and emotional pride even to this day. Sadly, it didn't win an (thoroughly deserved) accolade or accreditation at the festival I attended, especially after making such a profound impact on my personal experience of movie and documentary entertainment, but I am pleased to find it continues to be rightfully acclaimed, and I have no doubts that it will continue to serve as an important benchmark in storytelling.

An inspiring and heart warming true story about a Welsh wrestling athlete, who broke down barriers and wasn't afraid to both walk the line.... and cross it, flamboyantly no less, back when nobody dared do anything but conform to what 'society' deemed 'acceptable.' A hero and a trend-setter for generations to come. All beautifully portrayed and masterfully documented, giving this tale, and its protagonist, a righteous passage into welsh history and, ultimately, serving as the (ironically fitting) 'magnificent' platform to etch both into legend. Fantastic viewing. Not to be missed.

Always looking for Wrestling content on Amazon Prime, this documentary, produced in 2020 is now available there. Street was, if I'm honest, a bit before my time as a wrestling fan, but it's clear to see his impact on characters that would follow.

Born in South Wales in 1940, it seems a life down the pit, like his father would be his lot in life. Adrian Street though was an entertainer and transitioned from bodybuilding into the world of professional wrestling. At a time when the business was staid and strait-laced, Street slowly developed one of the most extreme and flamboyant personas that the business would ever see. His ability to generate a reaction in the crowd would take him around the world and he'd settle in America, where he became a star in the territory days and inspire the next generation to take elements of his character forward.

It's fairly solid as far as a documentary goes. There is a career retrospective with Street, and with Linda, who was his valet during the touring days and later his wife. There are interviews with Mick Foley, who talks about what it was like to see a character like Street on the circuit in the 1970's and 80's and with Stu Bennett (WWE's Wade Barrett) who gives some perspective on the British scene. There is some interesting speculation that Adrian Street might have been an inspiration for the Glam Rock scene that grew up in the mid-70's.

It's probably more to do with the budget that the film has, but I did feel it could have gone a bit further with its interviews. I don't, obviously, know who turned them down, but someone like William Regal, who was actually there, would have been able to better tell the stories of the "World of Sport" days. There's no direct WWE involvement, so no comparison with a character like "Golddust" that lifted a lot of the androgynous gimmick from Street is drawn. There's a bit of a lack of footage altogether really, there are shots from his match with the Macho Man Randy Savage, but often they talk about crowd interactions, for example, without showing any of them.

I appreciate that he's rather a niche subject matter but there's definitely a fun and topical docu-drama to be made about him. This particular documentary is OK, but I felt like a better one is possible.