In the first few episodes they talk about Andy's rise an artist and how people paid him upwards of $50,000 for a portrait using his distinct style. In episode 3 Warhol starts taking pictures of trans women and pays these unknowns $100 for the shots. They go on to say this was exploitative because the trans women were powerless. Warhol immortalized these people but today some elitist thinks he exploited these people because they only received $100 for their time. I liked this documentary until this silly issue about exploiting trans women and I also realized none of it was new. This was released on Netflix this year but none of the footage is new. If you've seen a Warhol documentary before, there is nothing new here. Also they only cover Warhol from the 1960's forward and everyone who has any appreciation of Warhol already knows this part of his life. What we've never seen is Warhol in the late 1930's, 40's or 50's. How did he become the artist we started seeing in the 1960's? Everyone knows Warhol hailed from Pittsburg and was raised in a conservative Catholic community but that is all we know. So, overall this was a disappointment. I would have rated it highly if not for the business of Warhol exploiting trans women.
Review of The Andy Warhol Diaries
