{"id":60,"date":"2006-03-09T12:43:24","date_gmt":"2006-03-09T19:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=60"},"modified":"2020-12-29T22:39:17","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T05:39:17","slug":"first-nudie-musical-the-1976","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=60","title":{"rendered":"First Nudie Musical, The (1976)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;The stunt-cock is here!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-46901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-80x128.jpg 80w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA director (Bruce Kimmel), producer (Stephen Nathan), and secretary (Cindy Williams) try to save their film studio from bankruptcy by making an adult musical within two weeks.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Let&#8217;s-Put-On-a-Show<\/li>\n<li>Musicals<\/li>\n<li>Satires and Spoofs<\/li>\n<li>Sexuality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis &#8220;minor but amusing parody of both porno films and &#8216;let&#8217;s-put-on-a-show&#8217; musicals&#8221; was a box-office flop at first, but eventually became a cult hit (a process which Peary describes in great detail in his second <em>Cult Movies<\/em> book). Cindy Williams shows great promise as a comedienne &#8212; a talent borne out in 1981&#8217;s quirky <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3981\"><em>UFOria<\/em><\/a> &#8212; and she&#8217;s surrounded by a cast of &#8220;spirited and brave&#8221; co-stars. While I agree with Peary that highlights most definitely include the auditions and the &#8220;Dancing Dildoes&#8221; number:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Dancing-Dildos.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Dancing-Dildos-1024x586.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"366\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-60481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Dancing-Dildos-1024x586.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Dancing-Dildos-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Dancing-Dildos-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Dancing-Dildos-768x439.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Dancing-Dildos-1536x879.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Dancing-Dildos-472x270.png 472w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Dancing-Dildos.png 1627w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; I disagree that the film&#8217;s visuals &#8220;aren&#8217;t erotic enough&#8221;; this movie intends to <em>satirize<\/em> porn, not aspire towards it.    <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cindy Williams&#8217; dead-pan performance as Rosie<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Williams-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Williams-1-1024x590.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"369\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-60477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Williams-1-1024x590.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Williams-1-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Williams-1-128x74.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Williams-1-768x442.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Williams-1-1536x885.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Williams-1-469x270.png 469w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Williams-1.png 1627w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The hilarious auditions<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Audition.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Audition-1024x588.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"368\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-60478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Audition-1024x588.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Audition-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Audition-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Audition-768x441.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Audition-1536x881.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Audition-471x270.png 471w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Audition.png 1633w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The amusing songs  (including &#8220;Lesbian Butch Dyke&#8221; and &#8220;Let Me Eat You&#8221;)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Lesbian-Butch.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Lesbian-Butch-1024x585.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"366\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-60479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Lesbian-Butch-1024x585.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Lesbian-Butch-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Lesbian-Butch-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Lesbian-Butch-768x439.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Lesbian-Butch-1536x878.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Lesbian-Butch-472x270.png 472w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/First-Nudie-Musical-Lesbian-Butch.png 1629w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See?  <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth a look as one of the few attempts to explicitly bridge the worlds of adult films and mainstream movie-making. Discussed at length in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?page_id=5986\">Peary&#8217;s <em>Cult Movies 2<\/em> (1983)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0074533\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/reviews\/read.php?id=4262\">DVD Talk Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The stunt-cock is here!&#8221; Synopsis: A director (Bruce Kimmel), producer (Stephen Nathan), and secretary (Cindy Williams) try to save their film studio from bankruptcy by making an adult musical within two weeks. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Let&#8217;s-Put-On-a-Show Musicals Satires and Spoofs Sexuality Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: This &#8220;minor but amusing parody of both porno films and &#8216;let&#8217;s-put-on-a-show&#8217; musicals&#8221; was a box-office flop at first, but eventually became a cult hit (a process which Peary describes in great detail in&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=60\"> 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-60","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\/60","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=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60485,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions\/60485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}