Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Gayniggers From Outer Space [1992]

[Cross-posted on the Bad Movie Night Facebook page.]

Kay is going on a trip to Copenhagen soon and has been on a streak of watching Danish movies in preparation (especially Danish movies that aren't by Lars Von Trier or Nicolas Winding Refn since she's seen most of those). So imagine the joy felt upon realizing that one of the movies Adam picked for the night is by a Danish director and even has a random advertisment for Carlsberg, "the best beer in the universe," before the title even shows! And with a title like "Gayniggers From Outer Space", we already knew there was no way this wasn't going to be . . . something.

Coming in at less than a half hour, there's not an overwhelming amount of plot to this movie. A bunch of black, gay aliens with punny names like General B. Dick from a planet of only black, gay aliens called planet Anus are traveling through space when they come across Earth, a planet that has women on it. They decide this is a problem so they go country by country, sending down a representative to eliminate all the women from each place (even though he usually only kills one or two), thereby freeing the men. Each primer on the countries is full of racial stereotypes and the men they beam down to are always being "oppressed" by the woman, usually by being made to do housework or something, and somehow they are all perfectly happy to live in a gay society. In the end, one of the aliens turns himself into a white dude to go down and be the ambassador to the newly women-free planet, which is also drenched in unfortunate implications really. 

This movie is sexist, racist, made with only the cheapest materials, with the laziest acting and special effects . . . and it's kinda funny. It's not a laugh-a-minute movie and you'll definitely raise your eyebrows before chuckling with a bit of shame but as long as you don't take it or yourself seriously, it's an amusing way to spend a half hour. 

Here are some things we learned:
Spoon Rating: 5.

Adam's Grandma's Review: "What's to think?"

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