The Fairy Tale Night of Sean Baker, Director of Dreams Gone Awry

 

 

 

 

 

"But it would be a mistake to imagine that Baker’s movies focus narrowly on sex work. Those are his characters, but the stories have a wider lens. He’s interested in the American dream, in the idea that if you just work hard enough, you can pull yourself up by your bootstraps and make something of your life. Every one of his films features characters who’ve tried that and found it lacking. In his films, the American dream is a fairy tale — a beautiful story we repeat to one another that for many goes sour."

 read review By Alissa Wilkinson