What Do You Mean, You Haven’t Seen It?
I volunteered to guest blog for Heidi, and when she accepted, I thought “Does this girl know what she’s getting into?” It’s honestly true when a guest blogger says that there is so much more pressure to perform on someone elses blog than it is to perform on your own. On your own blog, you can write what you want, and your readers are generally there because either A) they find you entertaining, or B) they’re forced to read it (like my boyfriend). With that in mind, here it is:
I decided to write about something that I at least have a decent knowledge of: cheesy movies. You know, those movies that you’re slightly ashamed to have a love for, but you watch over and over again because they’re that awesome? No, just me? Well fine.
Cry Baby is the lesser known John Waters classic. Ever wanted to hear Johnny Depp mouth the words to an Elvis inspired tune? See Ricki Lake in yet another movie where she plays an overweight teen – oh and this time she’s pregnant with her third child? Just witness utter insanity? Then you need to sit down, waste 90 minutes of your life, and just laugh your ass off at this movie. (And it’s also a Tony nominated Broadway show right now – so how bout that?)
Pre-Sex and the City days, Sarah Jessica Parker was a pretty well known actress, but nothing like she is today (P.S. the movie comes out this weekend!!) But before all of that, she was in Girls Just Want to Have Fun, which is one of my FAVORITE movies. You can’t get much better than young SJP, Helen Hunt, and a super young, pre-bitch Shannon Doherty dancing to ridiculous 80s music in an American Bandstand inspired contest.
And while Phoebe Cates is known for showing her boobs in Porky’s, and for being married to Kevin Kline, she was also in a little (and I mean little) known movie called Shag. Besides Bridget Fonda, there are no other well known celebrities in this movie, and there’s a character nicknamed “Pudge.” If you like dance movies, like the aforementioned Girls Just Want to Have Fun, and also those cheeky beach flicks that Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello used to rock, then you’ll like Shag. And honestly I haven’t watched this one since college, so that’s all I remember from it!
What are the movies in your collection that you’d consider embarrassing? Got Howard the Duck on your DVD shelf? 
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