{"id":2353,"date":"2007-02-21T15:40:52","date_gmt":"2007-02-21T22:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2353"},"modified":"2021-02-01T19:58:02","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T02:58:02","slug":"sex-kittens-go-to-collegebeauty-and-the-robot-the-1960","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2353","title":{"rendered":"Sex Kittens Go to College \/ Beauty and the Robot, The (1960)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m so far out already, I&#8217;m on another planet!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Sex-Kittens-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Sex-Kittens-Poster-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Sex-Kittens-Poster-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Sex-Kittens-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Sex-Kittens-Poster-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Sex-Kittens-Poster.jpg 2001w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA platinum blonde (Mamie Van Doren) with an IQ of 268 faces prejudice, lust, and jealousy when she begins her new job as head of a college science department.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>College<\/li>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>John Carradine Films<\/li>\n<li>Mamie Van Doren Films<\/li>\n<li>Robots<\/li>\n<li>Teachers<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday Weld Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nFrom the opening strains of its title song &#8212; &#8220;<em>Sex-pot goes to co-llege<\/em>!&#8221; chants a taunting male voice &#8212; Albert Zugsmith&#8217;s campy sex comedy reveals its misogynist attitude towards BBB (Brainy but Beautiful) women. Poor BBB Dr. West (Van Doren): despite her eminent intelligence and multiple (13!) college degrees, she can&#8217;t seem to get respect anywhere. Male undergrads (such as the painfully unfunny football star, &#8220;Woo Woo&#8221;) faint in her presence; married male colleagues invite her out for dance and drinks instead of academic conversation; and nearly all females (including beautiful undergrad Tuesday Weld) feel hopelessly threatened. Van Doren &#8212; who, fortunately, is a delight to watch &#8212; tries her best with the sub-par material, but is ultimately done in by the film&#8217;s hopelessly offensive gender politics. Not even a smattering of slightly amusing lines &#8212; &#8220;You make every woman in the world feel positively&#8230; flat-chested!&#8221; wails Weld &#8212; can rescue this clunker from its egregious failings, which include a dated subplot about a robot named &#8220;Thinko&#8221; accurately predicting the results of future horse races, and a blatantly offensive denouement. Whenever Van Doren&#8217;s not on the screen, this film sinks &#8212; and fast, daddy-o.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mamie Van Doren as the brilliant sexpot professor with &#8220;13 degrees&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Sex-Kittens-Van-Doren.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Sex-Kittens-Van-Doren.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Sex-Kittens-Van-Doren.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Sex-Kittens-Van-Doren-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Sex-Kittens-Van-Doren-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Sex-Kittens-Van-Doren-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Van Doren demonstrating &#8220;velocity&#8221; by shooting off two revolvers<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Sex-Kittens-Shooting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Sex-Kittens-Shooting.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Sex-Kittens-Shooting.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Sex-Kittens-Shooting-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Sex-Kittens-Shooting-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Sex-Kittens-Shooting-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. Although Peary lists this in the back of his book as a Camp Classic, it&#8217;s really only &#8220;must see&#8221; viewing for fans of Mamie Van Doren. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0054298\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fantasticmoviemusings.com\/2016\/10\/14\/sex-kittens-go-to-college-1960\/\">SciFilm Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so far out already, I&#8217;m on another planet!&#8221; Synopsis: A platinum blonde (Mamie Van Doren) with an IQ of 268 faces prejudice, lust, and jealousy when she begins her new job as head of a college science department. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: College Comedy John Carradine Films Mamie Van Doren Films Robots Teachers Tuesday Weld Films Review: From the opening strains of its title song &#8212; &#8220;Sex-pot goes to co-llege!&#8221; chants a taunting male voice &#8212; Albert Zugsmith&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2353\"> 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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353","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=2353"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67888,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353\/revisions\/67888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}