When I used to go to the Parkway, they always had Russ Meyer films.
I guess that Meyer's films are enormously sexist and objectifying towards women, but what saves the films is the kitschiness factor. They are so over the top that you can't take any underlying sexism seriously. There's a line in this film where a guy says to a very busty woman: "You're a beautiful animal, and I'm weak and I want you." She replies: "What's weak about wanting?" That's, basically, Meyer's attitude toward women in all his films.
But, I still wonder, did Meyer hate women as much as I think he hated women or did he hate men for objectifying women? Did, he, basically, hate himself for loving women as sexual objects as much as he did? Well, maybe he should have.
There was a bit of a revival of interest in Meyer in the 90s, now he's dropped back to 'cult status'.
Access the film here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGXT_icWZok&index=3&list=PLR3HftCSUcar-sKm0VPY8LJ1jxN4d40-q
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