80's LADIES: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
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CONTENT WARNING: Sexism, sex work, small-town prejudice.
Hey, y’all, welcome back to 80’s Ladies! This week Vin LaBate (The Chimera, The Exquisite Lich) joins us for one of the most wholesome films ever made about sex work. Seriously, we kick off the movie with Jim Nabors, Gomer Pyle himself, and even his character isn’t a full on ridiculous caricature. This isn’t a perfect movie, by any stretch of the imagination. The story is a whole mess, it’s very long and strangely complicated for a movie built on a premise and a couple of plot points. But what a premise, and what a cast - this movie is stacked with star power, even if those stars don’t always live up to their hype. There’s never a truly boring moment in the movie, and that’s saying something considering how much of a hot mess this movie is. Make your reservation with Miss Mona and head on out to the Chicken Ranch as we continue our 80’s Ladies series with The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas!
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Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.
Excerpts taken of “A Lil’ Ole Bitty Pissant Country Place” and “Hard Candy Christmas” from the soundtrack to The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, written by Carol Hall and performed by Dolly Parton and the ensemble cast of the film. Copyright 1982 Universal City Studios, Inc.
Excerpts taken from the film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas are © 1982 Universal City Sutdios, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
