{"id":111,"date":"2007-09-23T19:47:06","date_gmt":"2007-09-24T00:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teretereba.com\/wp\/?p=111"},"modified":"2016-04-29T11:03:54","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T18:03:54","slug":"tasteless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teretereba.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/23\/tasteless\/","title":{"rendered":"….Tasteless"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Myra<\/a>This week two of the most outrageous films ever made in the studio system were on cable. Both are raunch extravaganzas from 1970–set in Hollywood backgrounds; both from FOX; both originally rated X; & long before the terrific Transamerica<\/a>, & The Crying Game<\/a>–both featured transsexual protagonists.
\nLadies & Gents… may we talk about Myra Breckinridge<\/a> & Beyond the Valley of the Dolls<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Myra Breckinridge carried the imprimatur of prestige–adapted from a Gore Vidal novel. Starring Raquel Welch as the gorgeous after-product–Myra–w\/ fey film critic, Rex Reed, as pre-cut Myron, it’s all sly innuendo. 80-something screen legend, Mae West<\/a>, takes double-entendre to new heights; iconic director, John Huston, camps it up; unknown Farrah Fawcett<\/a> is bland & blander; & unknown Tom Selleck is one of Mae’s young studs. <\/p>\n

\"Beyond<\/a>Helming the 2nd title was soft-core sleazemeister, Russ Meyer, working w\/ a major & a budget. “Dolls” was written by film critic extraordinaire, Roger Ebert! This was insane material for a Hollywood studio…or anyone else. Schlocky nudie cuties ramped up w\/ ultra-violence. This was no Clockwork Orange<\/a>, baby, also from 1970 & rated X. FOX was that desperate to capture a new market!<\/p>\n

\"Whatever<\/a>Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is now very timely for one big reason: Our current Hollywood celeb trial is finally in its last stage–deliberation and this flick echoes it. In the movie a boy genius record producer–who bears a striking similarity to Mr. Wall of Sound–Phil S–is really a tranny looking to be Super-Woman. It goes out w\/ a bang when he blows the head off a sleeping female guest! WHEW.<\/p>\n

If that wasn’t enuff, TCM capped off my week of Grand Guignol w\/ Whatever Happened To Baby Jane<\/a>. Here reel-life cinema divas, Joan Crawford & Bette Davis, chew-it-up as aging sisters (Crawford plays a former film star; Davis a failed Hollywood dreamer)–duking it out in a Hancock Park<\/a> mansion.
\nIF TOMMY PERSE<\/a> MADE MOVIES…….!!!!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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