Borderline homoerotic action-packed male bonding particularly when centered exclusively on a Caucasian/African American coupling epitomized Tinseltown’s interpretation and endorsement of progressivism in the Eighties. The Exterminator not only jumpstarted an entire decade of vigilante justice-meets-cultural acceptance, it deftly morphed each component into one storyline of carnage, sexual deviation, torture, and friendship. Its controversial near-X rated …
The year is 1983. The setting is Washington D.C., the nation’s decadent and corrupt foundation upon which swindling political power brokers plot, scheme, and shuffle around Americans’ hard-earned taxpaying dollars like obnoxious Scotch-fueled frat boys drunkenly dealing monogrammed playing cards. The infamous Marion Barry (D.C.’s mayoral “Scarface in Miami” equivalent) presides over a city splattered …
Director: Bobcat Goldtwaith Recovering alcoholics with coulrophobia, brew yourself some chamomile tea and go rewatch Steel Magnolias. For the rest of us normal folks, Bobcat Goldthwait’s 1991 Shakes the Clown will entice you to down an entire bottle of Wild Turkey in one go and then sucker punch a mime in the head. If you …
