This a hoot!!
Well, okay, I am seeing it 20 years later for the first time, so opinions have had a long period and lot of real-life craziness to catch up.
Paul Rudnick, no slouch when it comes to writing comedy - although it may not appeal to all of us, that's true - has taken potshots at damn near everyone around the turn of the century. New York elites, right-wing politicians, bad rap music masquerading as hip-hot (they're not the same), swaggering gangsta-music executives, black pomposity, white condescension, demonstrator nonsense, TV anchor stupidity. This is beyond satire, it's even beyond spoof. It's a whole raft of wildly talent people, and they are not letting anyone go unscathed.
Christine Baranski as a right-wing zealot? Anyone who has seen "The Good Wife" or "The Good Fight" knows that this character is a first-class acting job! Damon Wayons as a sexually-ambiguous Michael Jackson-like creature? A creative unique addition to his collection of take-offs. Lisa Kudrow - sort of like Phoebe, but not really - is clearly an Ivanka Trump wanna-be - and prescient so many years ahead. The list goes on, i.e. Boys Are Us (plenty of targets there),
Marci X is indeed short on coherent plot, but that is probably not really a problem since plot is not the point here. It is merely a pretext to hang the shenanigans on. Nobody escapes. Considering all the scathing reviews, perhaps it was ahead of its time. Re-release it today (if you can find a theater that's open - streaming perhaps?) and see how many people think it is taking a broad swipe at Donald Trump.
Maybe it's time for a sequel. What a classy job Rudnick and Wayans could do with that!
Well, okay, I am seeing it 20 years later for the first time, so opinions have had a long period and lot of real-life craziness to catch up.
Paul Rudnick, no slouch when it comes to writing comedy - although it may not appeal to all of us, that's true - has taken potshots at damn near everyone around the turn of the century. New York elites, right-wing politicians, bad rap music masquerading as hip-hot (they're not the same), swaggering gangsta-music executives, black pomposity, white condescension, demonstrator nonsense, TV anchor stupidity. This is beyond satire, it's even beyond spoof. It's a whole raft of wildly talent people, and they are not letting anyone go unscathed.
Christine Baranski as a right-wing zealot? Anyone who has seen "The Good Wife" or "The Good Fight" knows that this character is a first-class acting job! Damon Wayons as a sexually-ambiguous Michael Jackson-like creature? A creative unique addition to his collection of take-offs. Lisa Kudrow - sort of like Phoebe, but not really - is clearly an Ivanka Trump wanna-be - and prescient so many years ahead. The list goes on, i.e. Boys Are Us (plenty of targets there),
Marci X is indeed short on coherent plot, but that is probably not really a problem since plot is not the point here. It is merely a pretext to hang the shenanigans on. Nobody escapes. Considering all the scathing reviews, perhaps it was ahead of its time. Re-release it today (if you can find a theater that's open - streaming perhaps?) and see how many people think it is taking a broad swipe at Donald Trump.
Maybe it's time for a sequel. What a classy job Rudnick and Wayans could do with that!