Story of Karrine Steffans who climbed up the groupie/ video vixen ladder in the hip hop and music world by gaining a reputation for doing anything. Eventually she wrote a book and named names. This film interviews Steffans as well as the various people who are her conquests. The film also looks at the groupies/artist dynamic. If you ever wanted to know what things have become since the days of Pamela Des Barres and "I'm With the Band", this is for you. If you've ever wanted a peak inside the sex lives of various hip hop artists this is for you. If you want a down beat look at a life style where sex is a way to get ahead this is for you. Personally I'm not sure its for me, but it sure did open my eyes. As a film and not a purely exploitive look at scantily clad women shaking their assets this is an okay film. There is a bit of information not only on Ms Steffans but life as a groupie and a world where sex is a commodity to be traded for perks and used as a deal maker. Its not really a life I would want the women in my life to choose but there it is. I have no idea how true it is or how fair it is but the film feels reasonably on target, despite being thin and repetitive and much too long at 93 minutes.For my money its too much of the same bad behavior and behind wiggling with no details on the people being interviewed. You have to know who everyone is or you'll be lost. Personally after a little more than half an hour I started to scan through it since the life of Ms Steffans, the life style she inhabits and the beds she shares are not interesting enough for a 90 minute movie. If you're interested in the subject, the life style or the people interviewed give it a go. All others give it a pass.
Kiss and Tail: The Hollywood Jumpoff
(2009 Video)
okay documentary on a hip hop groupie is too long and repetitive for what it is
4 August 2009
Warning: Spoilers