‘The Go-Go’s’: A Review of Their New Doc From a Fan As Old As They Are

The Couch Tamale
17 min readAug 12, 2020
Photo taken from the film ‘The Go-Go’s’ (Polygram/Showtime)

The new doc ‘The Go-Gos’, much like the band’s music, is brisk, well-paced, and full of sudden depth charges. Getting to hear the entire band reflect from a position of hard-won sanity and sobriety adds a layer of calm to a frenetic burst of a story. Solo interviews with these women (Charlotte Caffey, Belinda Carlisle, Gina Schock, Kathy Valentine, Jane Wiedlin) who are…

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Film, Music, Peak TV, Diversity— Tom Cendejas is sitting on a sofa and unwrapping Pop Culture with a Latino eye, one husk at a time. tomcend@gmail.com