A Real “Killer” B Movie (one of 237!)
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D. Scott Apel –
2015-01-22
This review is an excerpt from my book “Killer B’s: The 237 Best Movies On Video You’ve (Probably) Never Seen,” which is available as an ebook on iBooks. If you enjoy this review, there are 236 more like it in the book (plus a whole lot more). Check it out!
EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY: It’s a musical! It’s a comedy! It’s a slapstick romantic sci-fi musical comedy for the MTV generation! But with Julie Brown songs like “I Like ‘Em Big and Stupid” and “’Cause I’m a Blonde,” it’s also a good-natured razzing of Lifestyles of Airheads, Valley Girls and the L.A. Brain-Burned.
The trio of space-cases (Goldblum, Carrey, Wayans) are essentially the Three Stooges de-evolutionized into monkeys, interested only in mimicking things or eating them; horny space sailors who learn to talk by watching TV (“Are we limp and hard to manage?”) and who are totally taken by Jerry Lewis in “The Nutty Professor.” There’s a plot somewhere in there, but really, who cares? It’s enough to watch them all cavort through this fluffy, goofy little romp—and to try to spot all the pop culture references in Val’s sci-fi nightmare. Awesome, Dr. Dude!