“Presenting Princess Shaw” – Re: Meme her [MOVIE REVIEW]
A Magnolia Pictures release. A film by Ido Haar “Presenting Princess Shaw,” a documentary by director/editor Ido Haar, is a mash-up of a mash-up or even a meme in that one artist “borrows” another’s work and transforms it into something that is both the same and different. Samantha Shaw lives a marginal existence in a tough neighborhood in New Orleans and works as a nurse’s aide in the geriatric unit of a New Orleans hospital. But Samantha has a grander world view of herself and in the evenings she presents that vision as Princess Shaw on her personal YouTube channel where she sings songs and tells stories that she has written about her life and daily travails, her past abuse and rough childhood. Cheery and optimistic to her patients, Samantha believes that she is destined for greater things and has even managed to move into her own apartment. She, like so many others living on the margins, is immediately confronted with adversity. Local thieves have stolen all four tires from her car, leaving it balancing on the rims. No way will she be able to afford the cost of repairs and replacement of the tires. Now, on top of everything else, she must rely on inconsistent public…
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