Confessions of a Male Groupie or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Electric Banana (1971)

How closely should film adaptations follow their source material? Let's take a deep dive into "Norma Rae", and find out.

The film's storylines read as allegories for the queer experience and that's a source of solace for LGBTQIA+ fans!

It is as bad as your remember, and you are fortunate if you've never watched it. Keep it that way!

Striving for validation. Let’s be frank….we ALL want to be successful. Whatever we put our efforts into, ideally it is to make it culminate in the best possible results across the board, especially when it comes to what career path we are pursuing. We WANT to excel, to shine, to advance, to be acknowledged. AND…let’s hope that we also wish to better everyone around us to boot. However, what occurs when those whom we initially put our trust in suddenly become a burden instead of a boon? Do we falter under the weight of rejection? Or STAND UP for WHO WE ARE?

This film manages to be simultaneously topical and timeless. Without being preachy, it highlights society’s flawed relationship with tech; insights into the complex ideas of family struggle are expertly dispersed among a perfectly paced and balanced story.