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Originally posted by taxwonk
I just watched Welcome to the Dollhouse last night. It was a very surrealistic experience for me, as I am sure Todd Solodz intended it to be, what with the blending of cultural symbols from so many different eras.
However, as artistically structured as it was, it really struck me as not much more than an episode of Oliver Beene, the horrible Fox sitcom, gone tragically wrong. Nevertheless, I found myself stuck to the screen transfixed, as this train wreck of a movie careened on to its utterly empty conclusion.
Am I missing something of major cultural and artistic importance, or was it really the addictive piece of shit I ultimately concluded it was?
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This was his first movie. He made it somewhat bothersome, but still accesible enough taht it was relatively popular. I liked it alot. But what I liked was how mean everyone was to Dawn- that is, it wasn't "nice" things, or important things that make it good. It was cruel mean stuff.
"Dawn, do you know what special people means?"
Dollhouse got him a bigger budget and some established actors for movie #2- Happiness. Have you seen it? It is way more troubling than Dollhouse (but a better movie to me).
Rather than pulling the plug on the guy, they gave him more money for a third movie- Storytelling. It is really really offensive. I don't know if he is making a fourth.
