Strangers with Candy: The Movie

[vexin_g]

Strangers with Candy shares many of the same qualities as Napoleon Dynamite, but a quality which made Lisa and I hate the latter, and reaaaally hate the ensuing Napoleon Dynamite pop cultural CRAZE, is thankfully lacking in Strangers with Candy

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[dimbrilliance]

I really didn't like Napoleon Dynamite, both for the reasons you listed as well as the fact that, honestly, it hurt me to watch what they did to the characters. I identified with most of them, and I indentified with the middle of nowhere weirdness. The net result of this, I guess, was that I couldn't muster the ironic distance. I found the first ten or twenty minutes kinda funny, and then I got angry. Mean political humor is right up my alley, though. I'll check out Strangers With Candy.

[vexin_g]

Before I respond...isn't it cute how the Canadians and the Americans on this page are both spelling "humo(u)r" in their own, special ways

[twinphish]

Just curious..Have you seen 'Wassup Rockers'? I somewhat enjoy Larry Clark's work purely for the fact it's a peek into a certain subculture. Although 'Wassup Rockers' wasn't really all that insightful I enjoyed a couple laughs..but yeah he does tend towards "creating a torture chamber for his adolescent casts".

[vexin_g]

I haven't seen "Wassup Rockers", and if the name is any indication, I'll probably avoid it like the clap. I'm just so grossed out by him. Even if he weren't a "mean" filmmaker, I find it yecchy to the nth degree how he loves lingering over the nubile flesh of the children (yes, teenagers are children. I'm stodgy.) in his movies.

Nevertheless, I regard you very highly and respect your right to enjoy a peek into a subculture. I remember how influential "KIDS" was to actual kids, when I was a kid. That was a bad thing, but it had an undeniable power. Just don't peek too hard, because the FBI might be knocking down your door for possession of child pornography.

[twinphish]

ah yes you bring up a good point... in fact now that I think of it, the photo exhibition of his I saw at the ICP was largely nude or semi-nude teenage boys. hrm how did i overlook the pervitude!?