In a world where a cartoonishly evil cabal of men exploit damaged women from cradle to grave, Blonde takes the heroic position that that is bad. The highly sensational, fictionalized Marilyn Monroe “biopic” from Andrew Dominik is the first film released on Netflix to earn an NC-17 rating – and holy shit, it takes full advantage of it. This movie does not shy away from exploited asses, creepy blowjobs, and shots from inside “Marilyn Monroe’s” battered vagina. But, it’s all in service to some incomprehensible #MeToo themes, so this is not torture porn. It’s art. It earned a 14-minute standing ovation. This will probably win an Oscar.
After discussing how stupid Blonde is, Chad and Brad lighten the mood by talking about Zac Cregger’s brutal-but-fun Barbarian.
Show Notes:
First NC-17 movie on Netflix:
https://www.theringer.com/movies/2022/9/27/23374647/blonde-netflix-movie-nc17-rating
This stupid movie earned a 14-minute standing ovation:
https://variety.com/2022/film/news/blonde-ana-de-armas-standing-ovation-venice-nc-17-marilyn-monroe-1235337816/
Blonde is based on a fiction novel:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blonde_(novel)
Femme Fatale criticism from the 80s:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1986/12/07/the-feminist-and-the-femme-fatale/d9301d18-5f37-452a-a608-4bd5d6cf7688/
Intro Music: https://pixabay.com/music/indie-pop-fun-punk-opener-14343/
Other Music: https://pixabay.com/music/id-105/ and https://pixabay.com/music/upbeat-rock-it-21275/
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