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Title: A Dirty Shame (2004)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Tracey Ullman | ... | Sylvia | |
| Johnny Knoxville | ... | Ray Ray | |
| Selma Blair | ... | Caprice | |
| Chris Isaak | ... | Vaughn | |
| Suzanne Shepherd | ... | Big Ethel | |
| Mink Stole | ... | Marge The Neuter | |
| Patricia Hearst | ... | Paige | |
| Jackie Hoffman | ... | Dora | |
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Nick Noble | ... | Weird Paperboy (as Nicholas E.I. Noble) |
| Lucy Newman-Williams | ... | Neuter Yuppie Woman | |
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Scott Morgan | ... | Neuter Yuppie Man |
| Wes Johnson | ... | Fat Fuck Frank | |
| David A. Dunham | ... | Mama Bear | |
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David Moretti | ... | Papa Bear (as Dave Moretti) |
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Jeffrey Auerbach | ... | Baby Bear |
Middle-aged, sexually repressed Sylvia Stickles is the subject of this John Water's film, set in North Baltimore. She refuses to have sex with her husband, Vaughn Stickles, and keeps her overly-endowed daughter, Caprice, locked in her room, while she serves home detention for moral depravity charges. Sylvia, together with her mother Big Ethel, lead a group calling themselves "neuters" that promotes decency on Harford Road. When Sylvia is accidentally hit on the head by a lawnmower hanging out of a passing pick-up truck, however, her sexual behavior is changed completely from prude to prostitute. She meets the sex addicted sexual healer Ray Ray Perkins, becoming his twelfth apostle of sex in a journey of pleasure and orgasm. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
"A Dirty Shame" is a John Waters film about a prudish, uptight mid-western woman who, after having concussion in a motor vehicle accident, becomes a raving sex addict.
Although I'm a bit of a John Waters fan - "A Dirty Shame" was a pretty big shame and a disappointment.
I guess society and comedy has moved on a bit from drag queens eating doggie-do (see Pink Flamingos). Shows and films like South Park, Wonder Showzen and Team America seem to push the envelope in terms of bad taste comedy. "A Dirty Shame" just seems to fall a little short of that "pushing the envelope in bad taste" name.
Most of the sexual discussion feels not quite as raunchy as "Sex in the City" or even "Jerry Springer"!! Most things about this movie feels a little on the amateurish side - the acting, the cinematography, the script... However - one plus was the Selma Blair character - although it sort of felt it was a little underused.
Overall - A Dirty Shame was a big disappointment. John Waters appears not to be pushing that "bad taste" envelope anymore. Perhaps he needs to return to more kitsch mainstream territory (a la Hairspray).