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A young woman with dreams of success
in the fashion industry and a certain knack for style, finds herself
in the house of Poncho Ramirez, a designer who isn't really sure
where his next hit will come from -- his padded cups for men's
underwear are apparently a flop. With Katie MacNicol, David
Thornton, Saundra Santiago, Jerry Grayson and Juan Hernandez.
Directed by Michele Maher. [1:27]
SEX/NUDITY 5 - We see men wearing underwear with a
padded, enlarged crotch; we see them on billboards (the tag line is
"criminally large") and on mannequins. A man removes his pants in a
roomful of people who look and point at his underwear, which have an
enlarged, padded crotch. A man caresses the enlarged crotch of a
mannequin. A man and a woman kiss a few times. A man begins to take
his shirt off in front of another man and they flirt. A woman
caresses a man's hair and hugs him. A young woman says "peel off my
Ponchos" (a pair of jeans) several times in a television ad, and a
teenage girl says the same thing in front of a mirror. People
discuss advertising campaigns and suggest having women together, men
together, kiddie porn, and molestation. In a TV ad boys are shown in
their underwear in a locker room and a man touches one on the back
with a horse whip, in a suggestive way. A woman flirts with a man
and men admire women walking on a runway in a fashion show. Women
wear short tops that reveal bare abdomens and opaque tank tops that
show their nipples. Women wear low-cut tops that reveal cleavage. A
man makes a remark about "doing" a woman (he seems to mean doing her
hair).
VIOLENCE/GORE 4 - A woman steps off a curb and is hit
by a bus or truck (we do not see the aftermath). A woman slaps a man
in the face. We see a woman tied to a chair with plastic wrap and
gagged. A woman screams and pounds on a punching bag with a baseball
bat, and a man hits a punching bag with a baseball bat repeatedly. A
man yells at and confronts a man. A woman struggles with another
woman over jeans in a store; they tug back and forth on the pants
and yell at each other. A woman runs into a man and knocks him to
the floor. Two women argue. A woman is knocked down and we see her
with a slightly bloody, swollen lip. A woman is startled when a man
touches her from behind.
PROFANITY 9 - 48 F-words, 6 sexual references, 7
scatological terms, 5 anatomical terms, 7 mild obscenities, 2
derogatory terms for homosexuals, 1 religious profanity, 9 religious
exclamations. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Fashion, the fashion industry,
fraud, greed, fads, porn, rape, molestation, shock value and
advertising, homosexuality, NY nightlife, IPOs, the stock market,
drug dealing.
MESSAGE - The key to happiness for some people is
indeed money. The fashion industry is basically amoral.
(Note: People are shown drinking alcohol and smoking
cigarettes.)
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