Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

In this episode, recorded in the depths of 2020, we re-litigate the famously awful action comedy starring Sly Stallone and Estelle Getty. One of them is a meddling old lady, and one of them is a tough cop!

 It would have been a lot more interesting if the casting for those roles wasn't the way around you're thinking, but sadly, as with a lot of this film, things are done prosaically by the numbers.

What's a McGuffin? How do capers work? Are Stallone's jeans literally sprayed on?! All this and more on this week's Arts Hoooooole.  

 

SHOW NOTES:

 

Why was Hulk Hogan cancelled? Trigger warning for startling racism:

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jul/26/hulk-hogan-wrestling-racism-gawker 

 

What was that about billionaires getting hair plugs?

https://pagesix.com/2018/07/25/its-highly-likely-elon-musk-spent-over-20k-on-hair-transplant-surgery-doctor-says/.

[NB: Musk has evidently increased his value tenfold in the last couple of years. Tax the rich, people...]

 

Online second hand books so you don't have to use Amazon:

https://www.wob.com/en-gb