He was a gay man with darker skin trying to infiltrate an extremely white world that only observed superficial values.
However, Kurisinkal’s story becomes sadder and sadder. That’s really what the whole scene is like people living in their own world and exaggerating how impactful it all is. It’s hard to pin down just how significant Kurisinkal’s involvement was because even those close to him say that he would constantly conflate reality and live in his own world. People talk about the entire socialite scene as if it were a culturally monumental era, when really it was just rich people spending loads of money to remain relevant to their audience of obsessive bloggers and paparazzi. As James’s story is told, it’s hard to initially see why it’s worthy as the subject of a documentary. He rose to prominence further when his identity was revealed and those in the scene discovered he wasn’t even in New York but rather a student in Illinois. The film then introduces James Kursinkal, the son of two Southeast Asian immigrants who became known in the socialite circle for his blog while he was still in high school. I was constantly asking myself “Who would choose to get caught up in this world?” since all of these socialites would make the decision to go from being quietly wealthy to swapping dresses multiple times a night to walk different red carpets. When blogging exploded on the internet, many were dedicated to forming narratives out of celebrities’ escapades and would slant reality into a salacious tabloid. The documentary starts by showing how the rich heiresses of New York became celebrities and chased by paparazzi as though they were deities. The film is an expose of the early 2000s socialite scene that turns into a confusing and sad profile of an individual who was drawn into their world during a vulnerable time in their life and never recovered from the mark it left on them.
“Queenmaker: The Making of an It Girl” deserves great credit for documenting an interesting mix of absolute vapidity and tragedy.
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