Review of The Groove Tube (1974) by William C — 01 Aug 2013
You need to understand the times in which this came out...The opening spoof of "2001:A Space Odyssey" was a mere 5 years after Kubrick's masterpiece. The soundtrack by Curtis Mayfield played upon the blaxploitation genre.
..and the allusions to drugs and the counter-culture lent credence to a political lampooning thread. This is high art, people. Maybe you are too young to 'get' the jokes. At the time it came out "The Groove Tube" lambasted sex, politics, hippies and skewered "The Establishment".
In one of Life's great ironies, Richard Belzer plays a stoner drug-dealer. His scenes as "The President", a prostitute, and others in this film are a prelude to his later, more mainstream success.
The brief nudity, honestly can be described as 'titillating". Chevy Chase also has several appearances, or at least portions of his body do... This film is a gem of funny, pithy observations on people, culture, and the good old USA.
Enjoy it as a look into the past of comedy and satire!
This review of The Groove Tube (1974) was written by William C on 01 Aug 2013.
The Groove Tube has generally received mixed reviews.
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