#90: Polyester – The tragedy of camp
Honestly, first time watching this, I didn’t see what was so
funny about seeing a disaffected housewife deal with the kitsch version of the
Book of Job. You know, having every bizarre bad thing happen to her at once. Of
course, that doesn’t mean I wasn’t engaged; I was just engaged under the
impression that this was a tragedy, and between Divine’s solid performance in
the lead and the rather over-the-top forces working against her, I was not
displeased with the result. Sure, upon rewatching it, some of the more farcical
elements made themselves more noticeable, not to mention the origins of the
nuanced title, but part of me will always remember this as the tragic tale of
Francine Fishpaw, her complete dick of a husband and the extent to which he
inflicted his dickery on that poor woman.
