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DEC 17, 2010


'Bad Santa' FILM
'Bad Santa'
Grand Illusion

Speaking as someone who worked 14 straight retail Christmases: Bad Santa is a necessary holiday tradition, the flip side to the goodness of A Charlie Brown Christmas and It's a Wonderful Life. Terry Zwigoff's tinsel-choked caper comedy is about the side of Christmas that retail employees see—a flood of hideous people at their greediest and most wretched, clawing desperately for their own interests at the expense of everyone else. Billy Bob Thornton's performance taps into something raw: For 90 minutes, he is the anti–Christ child. In other words, he is America at Christmas. (Grand Illusion, 1403 NE 50th St, 523-3935, 11 pm, by donation) by Paul Constant

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stinkbug 1
Bad Santa has some seriously classic comedy lines in it.

The only bad thing is that this one is being projected in video and not 35mm film. Still, worth going to!
Posted by stinkbug on December 17, 2010 at 11:22 AM · Report
gicinema 2
Sorry we couldn't afford the 35mm this year. But admission is by donation so that makes up for it. A little bit.
Posted by gicinema on December 17, 2010 at 12:02 PM · Report
Urgutha Forka 3
I'm think I'm one of the few who never liked Bad Santa.

I get the appeal, but I thought it was overdone. Vulgar humor is best served with a bit of subtlety, imho, which Bad Santa lacked (subtlety, not vulgar humor).
Posted by Urgutha Forka on December 17, 2010 at 12:11 PM · Report
gloomy gus 4
@1, no kidding. Marcus and Willie make this one of the best buddy flicks ever:
Marcus: You could never front your own racket and do you know why, Willie? Because you got no discipline, you got zero fucking initiative. You'd fall apart without me. You're just too pathetic for words. You're a fuckin' loser and you fuckin' know it.
Posted by gloomy gus on December 17, 2010 at 12:13 PM · Report
Scotto 5
i just heard they are planning to produce a sequel. CANT WAIT OMFG etc.
Posted by Scotto http://scotto.org on December 17, 2010 at 4:08 PM · Report

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