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Phantom of the Paradise 1974
It's DePalma's best film. Shut up. It is, too. A chillingly prescient musical about the Satanic Music Industry. Paul Williams does some of his best songwriting for this Rock Opera, and plays Rock Producer Swan, his finest role The character Beef is a dire warning from 1974, presaging both the shallow facade of Glam Metal and the willful idiocy of Punk
Jessica Harper dances really badly. William Finley brings buckets of Gangly Pathos to the role of the Phantom.One of the finest films of all time.
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Barbie 2023
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Every time Robbie flashes her big evil smile, you think something transgressive & surprising is going to happen. It's not.
Weird 1978-style feminism, oddly binary in the modern world. In 2023 it's still outrageous to imply that Ken looks gay? What, exactly, is "cute" about "Sugar's Daddy Ken" or the funny/bad (gasp! they're all MEN) executives of Mattel? Barf.
The narrative is corporate apologist crap. Booooo, Gerwig. The actors are OK. But Robbie never gets a chance to do much but…Translated from by