The Apple (1980) - Because You Watched Starcrash

<p>“And you can stick it anywhere!”</p> <p>The Distinguished Professors take a big, sloppy bite out of the infamous 1980 movie musical <em>The Apple!</em> Topics discussed include the dystopian future of 1994, the doing of the BIM, this movie’s insistent heterosexuality running against the disruptive queerness of the musical, contrast with <em>The Rocky Horror Picture Show </em>(released the previous year), the potential future musical season of your favorite podcast, the critique of capitalism and the music industry, parallels with <em>Xanadu </em>and the Village People musical, Alphie’s suckiness, yet another connection to <em>Showgirls</em>and every other movie about the film industry, comparison to <em>Across the Universe</em>, the awfulness of “How to Be a Master” and “Showbizness,” the East German airport dance number, the musical origins of modern gay pop culture in <em>Wizard of Oz</em>, the hard limits of what this movie shows us sex-wise, possible influence on <em>Zoolander</em>, the return of the sparkly-bearded bad guy, the excessiveness of Shake, the laziness of the cinematography and editing, the slapdash ending and the lack of real consequences, the redemptive power of Alphie’s seed, a parallel between Interscope Records and Golan and Globus’s Cannon Films, an extended callout to David Sirota’s <em>Back to Our Future</em>and this movie’s mistimed nostalgia for the 1960s, multiple Poochie references, a comparison to the similar treatment of 1980s selfishness in <em>Wonder Woman 1984</em>, and people’s stunning inability to plan for the mandatory BIM exercise period.</p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/because-you-watched/support" rel="payment">https://anchor.fm/because-you-watched/support</a>