This Is Spinal Tap
Movie • 1984 • Comedy
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"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.
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You only see a fin on the cover of “Shark Sandwich”
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No, but a couple of drummers do spontaneously combust leaving only a small globule on the drum stool.
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During the album reviews one of Intravenous De Milo uses the r slur.
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Some scenes take place in corridors/basements and there are up-close shots; in one scene, the band is lost in the cramped backstage area of a venue
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A gay-coded bellboy is called a "fruit" by the band's manager, in a scene that is basically just a gay joke
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there aren’t many minorities tbh because it’s a quite old movie
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During a scene where the band is at a party early in the movie, a white couple can be heard having a discussion on what appears to be raggae music. During this discussion, one of them uses the word "negro"
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there’s a line implying this, in a love song, the main singer sings “you’ve still got your baby teeth”
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