Archive for December, 2002
The Good Girl: Dir. Miguel Arteta
Once, on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Joel Hodgson and his robot sidekicks discussed the subtlety of evil. Joel asked Crow T. Robot what he thought of Hitler. Crow immediately replied that he hated him, naturally. Then Joel asked Crow what he thought of the band Styx. Crow admitted that they weren’t so bad, they had some good songs, then he let out a cry of horror as he finally understood what Joel was trying to convey. Although Justine, the main character in The Good Girl isn’t necessarily evil, she’s quite adept at proving the subtle nature of selfishness and apathy.
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