poet . theyre a bit gay aren not they . usually theyre middle class and middle age and they get rip off by scam merchant who post advert say send u your poetry submission for our best sell anthology book of erotic poetry and do not forget to enclose $ 30 for administration cost in short there nothing less cool than poetry but miguel pinero make the genre cool and streetwise and sexy and he deserve a far good biopic than this i would never hear of the guy until i saw this movie . a remarkable life story of a man who spend time in the big house and soon achieve critical acclaim via his play and poetry . he write a play call short eye set in a prison and a play that be turn into a film . just out of curiosity i go to this site and look it up . the phrase short eye be american prison slang for a child molester the low of the low in any penal system . it also a movie that imdb reviewer have greatly praise . now why do i have to visit this site to find out the remarkable story behind the making of the film ( check out the trivia page on short eye i guarantee you will be amaze ) if i be watch a biopic on the play write behind it . by try to show u how cool and streetwise the eponymous character be the director or screenwriter fails to show u anything about miguel pinero the man apart from that he swear and take a lot of drug which hardly make him a unique individual . the story slip in time and space and from colour to monochrome and have character appear and disappear in a haphazard manner . miguel pinero make poetry the new street culture and he probably deserve a good film tell his life story .