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For this Wednesday Super Slop Night, we’re dusting off Donkey Skin (1970), a famously weird French fairy tale about a princess who enlists the help of a fairy godmother to avoid marrying her own father. Features helicopters, naked blue ladies, a donkey that literally shits diamonds, people vomiting frogs, and musical numbers about not committing incest, among other things. Director is Jacques Demy, who is otherwise best-known for The Young Girls of Rochefort (1964) and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1967), both of which we previously watched; this film was his biggest commercial success, and is considered a classic in France. Let’s check it out.

After that is The Producers (1967), Mel Brooks’ famous absurdist comedy about a theatre manager who hatches a scheme to rip off his investors by deliberately making a flop, and then making off with their money. His plan: a musical celebrating Hitler! What could possibly go wrong, I mean, uhh, right? Who would ever want to see that? Wackiness ensues. Stars Brooks himself, alongside Gene Wilder as his accountant. We’ve already watched Brooks’ Spaceballs (1987), and this is another one of his better-known works. He’s still alive, by the way, at the age of 98.

Last is Pokemon 3: The Movie (2000), for those who are still awake by then. Yep, we’re continuing the saga. Set during the Johto arc, this one centers on the legendary dog-mon Entei, who is the reincarnation of some little girl’s dad or something. We’ll find out. We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Donkey Skin: https://letterboxd.com/film/donkey-skin/
• The Producers: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-producers/
• Pokemon 3: The Movie: https://letterboxd.com/film/pokemon-3-the-movie/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Donkey Skin: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066207/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• The Producers: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/15934
• Pokemon 3: The Movie: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/39238

CWs for Donkey Skin:

• Incest.
• Slaughtered donkey. Protagonist wears said donkey’s skin.
• Smoking.
• Alcohol.
• Nudity.
• Vomiting.

CWs for The Producers:

• Drunkenness.
• Nazis.
• Mention of r*pe.
• Someone struggles to breathe.
• Broken bones.
• Slapstick violence.
• Objectification of female characters.
• Ethnic stereotypes.
• Cheating.
• Spitting.
• Violent mentally-ill person.
• Suicide attempt.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Anxiety attacks.
• Claustrophobia.
• Autism played for laughs.
• Broken fourth wall.
• Fat jokes.
• Homophobic slurs.
• Antisemitism.
• “Man in a dress” jokes.
• Hate speech.
• Ableism.
• Age gap.
• “Sexual content”.It’s the 60s, though, so nothing explicit.
• Male character ridiculed for crying.

CWs for Pokemon 3: The Movie:

• Death of child.
• Child endangerment.
• Death of parent.
• Ghosts.
• Animal cruelty.
• Cartoon violence.
• Explosions.
• Existentialism.
• Bugs.
• Someone is physically restrained.
• Unstable reality.

Links to movies:

• Donkey Skin: https://tankie.tube/w/ujtTFS6v8JJP824G9VSuPV
• The Producers: https://tankie.tube/w/5qKHPNYY5Gpg1TZgcL2WV8
• Pokemon 3: The Movie: https://tankie.tube/w/cTEz4mqE6oHAtjPNdeTzgk