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Monday 1 January 2018

Shock Treatment (1981)

It's the Brad and Janet characters from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) moved from that crazy world and placed into an equally crazy one: the cutthroat world of manufactured reality TV fame, years before such a thing became the shit-stain on programming that it's been for the past 20+ years.
ST will probably always exist in the shadow of RHPS, but to lambaste or dismiss it entirely for that reason, like some folks actually do, is unfair. Judged on its own merits it's lively; its commentary on the 'wholesomeness' of US culture and advertising is savagely satirical; the songs are catchy and funny; and Jessica Harper is a great choice for Janet, whose girl-next-door beauty is exploited by manipulative businessmen for their own nefarious ends.

3 crowd-pleasing happy thoughts out of 5

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