I can't think of a better way to recommend Jeffrey Schwarz's 2013 documentary I Am Divine, out on DVD this week, than by sharing the clip above. It draws a picture of what it was like for Harris Glenn Milstead, who'd go on to become the John Waters muse and drag icon known as Divine, to be gay in the '60s. It's affectionate, it's snappily paced, it's brimming with Baltimore-bred weirdos (including Diana Evans, whom Divine dated for about six years starting in high school, and seems like the least weird out of all the talking heads). All it's missing is commentary from Divine himself, which is something the movie has no shortage of, given the big archive of press appearances Divine left behind when he died in 1988.

Baltimore is being plagued by a man dressing as a woman impersonating a cop and stopping cars on the street. Impersonating a police officer is a serious (but occasionally hysterical) crime. Are we sure it's not the ghost of Divine?

[Snooki 'Snooks' Snickers, of 'Jersey Shore' fame, holds a bag emblazoned with the name of an obvious inspiration; image via INF]