There is no way a film of this type should have been such a fortuitous venture.
This film changed the very definition of the terms: wrestling, manliness, leather, and jabroni. But it is from this humble beginning that sparked the career that made many internet viewers astounded. In hindsight we know now that this film was not meant to be special, not meant to push boundaries or break norms. The nature of the lockerroom, of the men involved, had at the time not been fully realized. When it was created Mr Harrington could not have predicted the effect it would have on his life, how much of an effect the film would have on the lives of millions of thrill seeking onlookers who had grown bored of the WWE and other such displays of mainstream 'manliness'. LOTL is a stopgap, a moment in time captured in film, of the beginning of something truly fantastic. It did not break ground and it did not resolve or present a morale or message for the masses.
Maybe not art of the highest caliber, but certainly not of the lowest either.