'By the time 'I Am Everything' ends, you’re left with a greater appreciation for the underrated rock titan and an overwhelming pity for his personal demons,' writes kyndallrene
has not enjoyed the same visibility or deification as the many white acts he inspired—most notably English rock bands like the Rolling Stones and the Beatles. In that way, the doc is an attempt to give one of rock ’n’ roll’s founding fathers—whoin 2020—his flowers. At once, it denounces an industry that wasn’t prepared to accept him while revealing a man who could never fully come to terms with himself.
In one of many talking-head interviews, sociologist Zandria Robinson frames the American South as culturally queer and nonnormative. Southern Baptist and Pentecostal churches, in particular, were—and still are—a space where Black people, overcome by the Holy Spirit, could behave outside of the lines of social decorum and respectability. That jubilance is reflected in Little Richard’s improvisational riffing and electrifying stage presence demonstrated throughout the film.
Without discounting his bisexuality, the film frames Little Richard’s relationships with women—including his marriage to Ernestine Campbell—within the existential panic surrounding his queerness. This is one ofmost devastating and compelling aspects, as we watch the flamboyant rockstar denounce his homosexuality and dedicate his life to Christ soon after his introduction into the mainstream rock world. Later, in the 2000s, the “Good Golly Miss Molly” singer would condemn his sexuality again.
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