WINDOWLICKER REVISITS

29 Apr

WINDOWLICKER IS ONE OF THOSE RARE MOMENTS WHERE WORLDS COLLIDE TO REVEAL A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL REALITY.  TWO HOMEBOYS ROLLING AROUND LOS ANGELES IN A  MAZDA MIATA MX5 CONVERTIBLE  SPOUTING  EXPLETIVES. (A RECORD 127 & 44 F-BOMBS) CRUISING FOR COMPANIONSHIP ON THE MEAN STREETS CASH IS KINGBROKE A$$ BROTHER, SPITTING GAME WITH NOTHING TO BACK IT UP. SHUT DOWN SWIFTLY.  NO MONEY / NO POWER, NO PU$$Y / NO WAY OUT OF NOWHERE WE WITNESS AN ANOMALOUS EVENT.  A PROTAGONIST WHO USES NO WORDS.  OOZING WEALTH AND STATUS, AND ALSO SOMETHING MORE SINISTER LURKING BEHIND THE SHADES A GRIN THAT  REVEALS THE DARKER SIDE OF THE “CITY OF SHARKS”   THERE IS AN AIR ABOUT WEALTH AND POWER THAT IS IRRESISTIBLE    INSIDE THE LIMO REVEALS & PARODIES THE INDULGENCES OF THE RAP VIDEOS STATUS QUO “BITCHES & BOTTLES” “CRYSTAL & CHAINS” THE HIGH/LOW DIVIDE IS FASCINATING, AS IT REVEALS MULTIPLE WORLDS AND REALITIES EXISTING IN THE SAME GEOGRAPHICAL SPACES, JUST FUNCTIONING ON DIFFERENT WAVELENGTHS. THE INSIDER AND OUTSIDER, THE PLAYERS & THE PLAYED13 YEARS ON & THIS WORK STILL HOLDS ITS INTRIGUE, LEAVING THE IMPRESSION THAT A COMBINATION OF CULTURAL ELEMENTS CAN REMAIN ELUSIVE, YET COMPLETELY RECOGNIZABLE.  THE ESOTERIC UNDERTONES ARE MORE VALID THAN EVER. A MASTERPIECE OR VULGAR ASSAULT OF EPIC PROPORTIONS. BUT TURN ON “REALITY” TV TODAY AND WATCH LINES PEOPLE CROSS FOR AN ALMIGHTY DOLLAR.

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