When the two-part documentary Phoenix Rising aired on HBO on March 15th and 16th 2022, I saw it and immediately wrote my review of part two, having already written my review of part one when I saw its premiere at Sundance over a month earlier. I didn't have much time to process it at the time, because it has a lot of information, and with limited space to write about it in a limited time, there was only so much you could address. After watching the documentary about 3 or 4 times, I realized I could easily write a book with all I had to say. Now that some time had passed since I last saw it, I just rewatched the documentary this past week on the anniversary of its premiere, and there were things that stood out to me that I didn't either capture a year ago or didn't have enough knowledge at the time to better comprehend. I will try to summarize my thoughts and observations into a list of ten things I wanted to address, though it could easily be more than ten, choosing five t
ESME BIANCO
ASHLEY WALTERS
ASHLEY MORGAN SMITHLINE
JANE DOE #1
(Lexa Vonn)
JANE DOE #2
(Chloe Black)
JANE DOE #3
(Bianca Allaine)
DAN CLEARY
PHOEBE BRIDGERS
SARAH MCNEILLY
GABRIELLA
BRITTANY LEIGH
COREY FELDMAN
LOUISE KEAY BELL
SAINT SASHA
(JORDAN ARENTZ)
