I watched the MTV movie Turn the Beat Around this weekend, because when I was glancing around the Internet on Friday, I saw that some review had compared it to Showgirls. Looking back, it turns out that review was in the New York Post (shudder) written by Linda Stasi (ack) who meant the Showgirls reference as an insult not a compliment (I don't even...). Anyway! It, in fact, wasn't fit to wear Showgirls' used tampons (pulled out inevitably during some impromptu dance rehearsal). Instead, it was an opportunity to say the word "disco" as many times as possible in two televised hours (evidence above, obviously). Seriously, it's as though someone owns stock in disco, which seems like a terrible thing to own stock in. It is not publicly traded, for one thing. Is there a Village Person behind this? James Murphy, are you funneling money into foisting DFA onto an unsuspecting world...still? It's just so weird in a way that incompetence barely begins to explain.
Oh, and the actress that plays the increasingly irritable disco expert Zoe (Romina D'Ugo) reminded me equally of Ann Shoket, Hoopz, Minnie Driver and Nicole Sherzinger. One of those would have been bad enough...
Sorry, off topic, but had to say, that chalkboard banner is fan-fucking-tastic. Love it.
Posted by: lkk | March 01, 2010 at 12:23 PM
What do you have against Hoopz?
:O
It's the sex tape, isn't it.
Posted by: Brian | March 01, 2010 at 03:06 PM
An amalgam of Ann Shoket, Hoopz, Minnie Driver and Nicole Sherzinger? Sounds like a candidate for the worst person in the world.
Posted by: Nicolars | March 01, 2010 at 04:00 PM
Oh my God. Is this a cleverly disguised Xanadu remake?
Posted by: Elliott | March 01, 2010 at 04:40 PM
I loooove disco. This annoying movie will probably drive it back underground.
Posted by: JH | March 01, 2010 at 05:52 PM
lol @ "Disco was my idea"
Posted by: Michael | March 01, 2010 at 06:05 PM
The club owner was on "Road Rules." Yes, really.
Posted by: Jenn | March 01, 2010 at 06:07 PM
oh, God! Ann Shoket is bad enough on her own! Don't give her this kind of power!
"What'ssss up, guuuuurlssssss? Thisss week you're going to moduhllll in a SSSeventeen magazine sssspreeead about...DISSSSCOOOOO!"
Oh, God, I'm getting the shakes thinking about it.
Posted by: Kyle | March 01, 2010 at 09:19 PM
This movie was filled with dancers from So You Think You Can Dance Canada pretending to be actors. I think that statement speaks for itself.
Posted by: Darren | March 02, 2010 at 03:21 AM
This is disco.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtMmOrdYW6E
Posted by: sean | March 02, 2010 at 06:48 AM
Ann Shoket ... grrrrr . she might be satan.
Posted by: Dodger | March 02, 2010 at 07:37 AM
By the end of the "disco" extravaganza, I started substituting the word "Crisco" for "Disco" and quite enjoyed myself. Yes I am easily amused and find fun in the little things.
Posted by: torrinpaige | March 02, 2010 at 12:52 PM
The only thing they were missing with all this disco talk was the duck.
Spot on with the comparison. I thought there could be no way all of them could be mixed up into one disco diva like that. Wow...was I wrong.
And speaking of a Village Person, I watched "Can't Stop the Music" again this weekend. Oh Bruce Jenner in short shorts and a midriff shirt. Classic.
Posted by: Holly | March 02, 2010 at 01:45 PM
wow, that is a lot of the word "disco." it's hilarious.
also, i have a love/hate relationship with the song Disco Duck.
Posted by: karla | March 03, 2010 at 05:19 AM
Informative and well written. It'll be interesting to see the developments in the coming years!
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