INDEPENDENT LENS: "BEAUTY IS EMBARRASSING"
PBS, 10:00 p.m. ET
If you liked American Splendor, the quirky, original film biography of quirky, original comic-book writer Harvey Pekar, chances are you’ll like this, too. Beauty is Embarrassing is a close, inventive look at artist Wayne White, whose works have enlivened everything from Peter Gabriel videos to Pee-wee’s Playhouse. Part of this feature is an autobiographical comic strip, narrated by White himself, telling how he met his future wife. It’s a charming study of a Tennessee wild child who left town, but never conformed – and never completely grew up. Check local listings.