User:Ljc22b/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
The reason I personally chose this article to evaluate is because I have found GG Allin to be one of the most fascinating figures in music history for almost a decade now. In my time looking into who he was as a person, this documentary is truly one of the best overall examinations of him as a man. In terms of importance, this documentary helped to launch the career of Todd Phillips, who would go on to direct the blockbuster hangover trilogy and the academy award winning Joker. While I do think both of those works are somewhat overrated, the fact that such a massive director got his start by making a documentary about one of the most controversial figures in underground music history feels like a fact that far more people should know about, especially given the quality of this work.

Evaluate the article
Although I have seen much worse wikipedia articles, this is definitely not one of the best. For starters, ending the lead section with a brief paragraph saying what the rotten tomatoes score for the film was in 2017 not only dates the article, but gives a lot of importance to what 8 random critics thought of the film. It seems as if there would be many other ways to explain the films critical reception than this. The actual writing of the article is fairly solid. Again, not the best I have seen on wikipedia, but it is honestly solid enough to have too many major critiques. It is written in a fairly unbiased manner, and seems to be mostly concerned with just saying the facts surrounding the film. However, based on what else I have seen written about the film, I think this article could be much more extensive. Not as extensive as the "Bitches ain't shit" page (if you've never looked through it I would highly recommend the fact that somebody had thirty thousand words to say about that one song is crazy), but there is a lot more that could be added to the page. For example, on Todd Phillip's personal page, it includes an anecdote about how convicted serial killer John Wayne Gacy helped to fund the movie by making a painting of GG. This event, however, is not on the page for the movie itself. Overall, the article on Hated: GG Allin and the murder junkies is far from being an offensively short stub and does contain mostly solid wording, but I do think it could be expanded upon greatly and enhanced.