Zackary Drucker on the Grit and Charm of the Carousel Dolls

Zackary Drucker on the Grit and Charm of the Carousel Dolls

Stills from Enigma, courtesy of HBO. The Le Carousel dolls are often remembered by the decadence and glamour that characterized their lives as modes and socialites in Paris. But Zackary Drucker’s docu-feature Enigma, which debuted at Sundance earlier this year, hopes to put forth a heartier portrait of trans life in the 20th century. Straying from gilded spectacle and instead homing in on specificity, Drucker frames the legacies of April Ashley …