Review by Dan Taylor
I guess you could call this
one a true case of life imitating art...or
at least life imitating an afterschool special.
Yeah, you guessed it, this is the special
that was getting all the press because one
of the stars was that little coked-up vixen
Drew Barrymore. She plays an addict, alcoholic
and bulimic in a desperate attempt to hit
every emotion-ringing childhood problem.
Christ, why didn't they just make her a
Satan worshipping serial killer at the same
time?
Also appearing in this little
morality play (let's call it "Everykid")
are Tatum O'Neal and Corey Feldman as the
15-year-old Jeff—a punky little cadet
who has a drug and drinking problem and
is dyslexic!!!
Actually this one's pretty
hard to take if you're not ripped out of
your skull on some Night Train or a high
quality beer like Milwaukee's Best. If you're
sober you just sit there and wait for a
good part to happen, but because it's four
in the afternoon it ain't gonna. However,
if you pickle your brain with some sulfites
just prior to viewing, the experience is
greatly enhanced and the audience feels
the need to participate in the group sessions.
Throughout the course of the
show some really pertinent questions were
raised:
- Is Feldman really like
this, or is he trying to affect some weird
kind of Crispin Glover / Jimmy Cagney
/ Brother Theodore thing?
- Do all 13-year-old girls
who do blow and booze have sexy, husky
voices like Drew?
- I wonder if Meredith Baxter
Birney dumped David Birney before he made
this?
- Did the writer make up
the "Fun Facts About Pot" or
were they real...?
- Why didn't they have Joey
Ramone, Johnny Thunders and Stiv Bators
on as "special guest rehabs"?
- Does fucking a tennis star
take away your acting ability or is Tatum
O'Neal a special case?
Other than that I loved it.
