ejm duggan (ejmd@cwcom.net)
Mon, 27 Dec 1999 14:46:40 +0000
Santa left _House of Whacks_ in my stocking ... a sordid
little pastiche which brings its several story-lines together
in a grand (but not really credible) finale. Set in Chicago
in in the early 1950s, the strands include include a couple
of good-time-girls who pose for S&M pics, and their
gangster boyfriends; a screenplay writer and his injured
stunt-woman wife; and a bunch of pulpsters. While not quite a
laugh-a-minute there were several smile-inducing passages,
and some references which caused me to think "I must remember
to check that out later". Worth checking out for a couple of
hours diversion over the long-haul holiday.
(Today I be mostly reading Irvine Walsh's _Filth_, which is
as darkly amusing as one would expect ... although C4 aired a
couple of the Walsh's shorts a while ago (from Acid House?),
I can't quite imagine them running _Filth_ as a six-parter
with Robbie Coltrane in the lead role ... shame ...)
ED
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