{"id":1000,"date":"2006-04-21T14:10:03","date_gmt":"2006-04-21T21:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1000"},"modified":"2021-01-04T20:30:48","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T03:30:48","slug":"yum-yum-girls-the-1976","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1000","title":{"rendered":"Yum-Yum Girls, The (1976)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;They&#8217;re not interested in our minds, you know.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Poster-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-46597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Poster-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Poster.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis: <\/strong><br \/>\nAn aspiring model (Michelle Daw) comes to New York in hopes of making it big, but finds that things aren&#8217;t as easy as she anticipated.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aspiring Stars<\/li>\n<li>Models<\/li>\n<li>New York City<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter warning us that &#8220;your reputation&#8217;s on the line if you admit to having seen a film with&#8221; a title like this, Peary notes that &#8220;this R-rated exploitation film&#8221; is &#8220;relatively tame as far as the sex goes&#8221;, and adds that &#8220;most of the memorable moments are comedic, featuring an array of funny actresses auditioning or making stupid commercials&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Commercial.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Commercial-1024x765.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Commercial-1024x765.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Commercial-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Commercial-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Commercial-768x574.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Commercial-361x270.png 361w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Commercial.png 1225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Commercial2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Commercial2-1024x779.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"487\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Commercial2-1024x779.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Commercial2-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Commercial2-128x97.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Commercial2-768x584.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Commercial2-355x270.png 355w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Commercial2.png 1213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He points out that &#8220;Daw is sympathetic&#8221; as a &#8220;young model-actress&#8230; who must play the &#8216;game&#8217; in order to get ahead in New York&#8221;, and that while the film is &#8220;nothing special&#8221; it &#8220;could have been worse&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Daw.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Daw-1024x777.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"486\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-61610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Daw-1024x777.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Daw-300x228.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Daw-128x97.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Daw-768x582.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Daw-356x270.png 356w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Yum-Yum-Girls-Daw.png 1225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, it will surely be hard for modern viewers to stomach the rampant sexual harassment and manipulation Daw must endure (one date actually tells her angrily that she &#8220;shouldn&#8217;t have eaten the hamburger&#8221; he foisted on her if she wasn&#8217;t willing to sleep with him later); and the endless clips of brainless beauties fumbling their lines simply adds insult to injury.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Not much.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; feel free to skip this one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0075451\/ \">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lY-gpxwWox0\">Cannon Films Video Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re not interested in our minds, you know.&#8221; Synopsis: An aspiring model (Michelle Daw) comes to New York in hopes of making it big, but finds that things aren&#8217;t as easy as she anticipated. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Aspiring Stars Models New York City Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: After warning us that &#8220;your reputation&#8217;s on the line if you admit to having seen a film with&#8221; a title like this, Peary notes that &#8220;this R-rated exploitation film&#8221; is &#8220;relatively&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1000\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1000"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61611,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000\/revisions\/61611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}