When I was in high school, Pat Benatar had the hit song. We used to sing it, with relish, because we were angst-ridden teenagers that thought for some reason the world owed us something, that we were somehow special in our feeling messed up. We imagined we were hurt somehow. They cry in the dark, […]
Last night? I had no fever, but I was almost delirious. Most of the night I had “The middle of the road” going through my head, stuck on random snippet repeat. The middle of the road is no private cul-de-sac. I can’t get to the curb to the cab without some little jerk on my […]
Since it imploded critically and commercially in 1995, ‘Showgirls’ has gained such a fringe following of movie masochists that distributor MGM on Tuesday, July 27, 2004, is releasing the DVD set playing up the film’s campy atrociousness. Showgirls! This might be worth a rental, if for no other reason than to hear the kids’ questions […]