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Information
- Year
- 1990
- Runtime
- 89 min.
- Director
- John Boskovich
- Genres
- Comedy, Musical
- Rating *
- 6.8
- Votes *
- 414
- Checks
- 43
- Favs
- 2
- Dislikes
- 4
- Favs/checks
- 4.7% (1:22)
- Favs/dislikes
- 1:2
Top comments
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Siskoid
When they say Sandra Bernhard is a fearless performer, they mean it. The film version of her deadpan one-woman show Without You I’m Nothing is an absolute take-down of white privilege and celebrity status, a satire at once savage and subtle that some might not get, and others might fight too difficult to take. Chief among the "difficulties" is that Bernhard pointedly appropriates elements of black culture, poaching songs from black artists while talking head interviews say SHE was these originals' influence. Brown-face make-up and lyrics about blackness create malaise, even though the arrangements are pretty great (especially the final performance of Prince's Little Red Corvette - it's a show stopper in more ways than one). But we know she's punching up at white culture, her characters celebrity monsters, because the cabaret audience is quiet, bored, and dismissive, the camera often cutting to black audience members whose opinions are not heard, but felt. High quality cringe. 1 year 11 months ago -
TheBanana
Only one person favorited this movie, yet it got 25 counts.
Fix please? 12 years 3 months ago -
gandalf
Wait now. This is tagged as favorite by 25, but only checked by 10.. Suppose that is a good way to get it to climb on the most favorite list. 12 years 3 months ago