I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story

Going behind the scenes of The George Lucas Talk Show, we experience the comedy highs and quiet melancholy few can see. It’s a powerful experience to see this unfettered access in the life of a workman comedian.

Ultimately this is a loving portrait of a creative soul that less tries to understand him than celebrate. And by that measure it’s a worthy document.

Some documentaries explore the most existential issues of our time. Some take us absurdly deep into a specific topic we never thought would warrant such focus. Then there is I’m “George Lucas”: A Connor Ratliff Story, which somehow manages to do both.

... what we learn about Ratliff and what Jacobi, perhaps, either sought to learn about Ratliff directly or himself – that what drives us shouldn’t be grind culture, shouldn’t be fame or fortune, but success as defined by personal satisfaction.