So I finally saw this damn movie. The weeks of anticipation and curiosity since I first watched the tap-dancing segment on eBaum's World has culminated into me watching this 85-minute documentary that I purchased on eBay. Was it everything I had expected it to be? Yes and no. As I popped the VHS cassette into my player, I felt like I was finally going to be revealed the truth - the truth of this enigmatic Johnnie Baima aka Sandie Crisp aka Goddess Bunny. I felt as if I was going to discover the truth behind UFOs, whether or not God exists, the whereabouts of Amelia Earhart, and the mysteries of the Loch Ness Monster all at once. Truthfully, I probably expected too much out of this video and in that sense, I was let down. The documentary offered more archived footage than anything. Some stuff was interesting but most were pretty boring. The dull stuff mostly came from movie clips that Goddess Bunny had done with director John Aes-Nihil who, by the way, is way creepier than Goddess Bunny could ever be with his huge coke-bottle glasses, oddly trimmed hair, a perpetual smile, and monotone voice. I was treated to awkwardly unfunny and unentertaining footage of The Ma Barker Story, The Drift, and Goddess Bunny Channels Shakespeare. I respect people that want to make unconventional movies but at the very minimum, please make it entertaining for somebody... anybody. These three movies failed. At least for me anyway.

In between some Aes-Nihil movie clips, we can see Baima being interviewed back in 1993 by an off-camera female. Baima shares stories about orgasms and how he once got his biker friends to fist-fuck his boyfriend who was cheating on him with a 16-year old girl. Another noteworthy segment was a montage of clips of Baima lip-synching at small and dimly lit clubs. He did some really old songs along with a Sheena Easton song. The "what the fuck was that?" nature of that segment makes it worthy of being digitally captured and forwarded to anybody and everybody on the Internet much like that popular tap-dancing video was.

And of course, speaking of the tap-dancing video, we learn that it was actually conceptualized and filmed by Baima's transvestite / country singer / actor friend, Glen Meadmore. Lots of never-before-scene footage was shown but not without heavy video and audio editting which you did not see in the Internet-circulated tap-dancing video. I was hoping to re-experience the creepy factor that I initially got by finally seeing the tap-dancing sequence on my big TV instead of my laptop. Unfortunately the added music and looped footage ruined it for me. I ended up fast-forwarding through the latter part of it, not because I was creeped out but because I was falling asleep. In my opinion, this segment is simply too long and pretty much went nowhere due to the added soundtrack and endless looping of various parts.

The most worthwhile parts of the documentary were the interviews with Johnnie Baima himself without the Sandie Crisp or Goddess Bunny personas. Baima reveals himself to be someone that has gone through a whole lot of hardship and turmoil. From showing the scars he has on his back from the steel rod that was inserted by doctors that ended up crippling him to emotionally revealing that he has been sexually molested in foster homes and raped by a group of guys in a van, I started to understand why he created other personalities for himself. No doubt that Baima is flawed in many ways but at least we can see the reasons for it.

In conclusion, I initially purchased this video to extend my fascination with the human freakshow that was exhibited in the widely circulated tap-dancing video. However, the movie ended with me becoming empathetic with Baima's illness, his struggles, and the ambitions to become famous. I felt like I got to know Baima at a much deeper level than the simple one-dimensional marionette-like character that got me interested in the first place. So would I recommend this film? Yes, if you want to know more about Johnnie Baima and his life. And no, this isn't recommended if you're looking for something freaky to watch because the weird factor will wear off shortly after you start watching.