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Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle [VHS]

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I happen to have a copy of this movie that I taped off cable some years ago. It's really a great sendup of feminism and machoism done by Bill Maher and Shannon Tweed at the best I've ever seen them. I have watched militant-feminist friends just crack up over this movie, and the worst male-sexist pigs see something funny about it. I watched it the other night alone and I laughed hard after about my 10th viewing over the years.

I had hoped to order a few copies for friends, but at $80 for a VHS tape!!! Is that a mistake? I hope that a DVD will be availble at a reasonable price, and I will buy that. END

The slow parts are well worth wading through to get to the great, silly, stupid, hilarious sections! Bill Maher's hairy chest, and scantily-clad women abound, with wise-cracks and flat-out humorous attempts at humor throughout. Don't blink or you'll miss the half-second boob shot near the beginning -- but if you're looking for T&A alone, you'll be disappointed. If you're a fan of really GOOD bad movies, this is one of the best!!

One of the funniest spoofs I have ever seen. Imagine a romp through the avocado jungle while hiding from a militant Adrienne Barbeau. I promise you will never look at guacamole quite the same way again. Hey, this movie is proof that you CAN make a movie for less than $100!

A great look at the rediculousness of modern thought that passes itself off as enlightened and educated. It shows the how much of a false sense of sencerity much of what we think is right and does it with a great deal of humor. The only true charater is "Bunny" who believes and trusts everything, never thinking past what is right in front of her. I find that men all love this movie and the women all hate it and can't understand why anyone would watch such trash!

This is an updated version of Joseph Conrad's "Hart of Darkness" Some times it is necessary to place stories in different context so people can relate to them. Look how they changed "Romeo and Juliet" into "West Side Story". Once before they tried to convert "Hart of Darkness." i.e. "Apocalypse Now" (1979). However you can see how this version has more redeeming social value. The DVD version allows equal billing with the avocados. You need to watch it once for the story and again to pick up the nuances. Now a chance to go where no man has gone before (and return)

Looks like the U.S. strategic avocado supply is being threatened. You can locate the region on older maps that show where the Mohave Desert was. Seems that there is a bunch of wild native California women be lead by a renegade scientist Dr. Kurtz (Adrienne Barbeau.) They have the munchies for male avocado pickers. Is this a fact or is someone dumping Avocados off the coast?

Watch as the daring trio of Dr. Margo Hunt (Shannon Tweed), Jim (Bill Maher), and Bunny (Karen Mistal) go up the river to investigate. And do not over look the tribe of Donahue's.

As a side note, Bunny got invited to a wet T-shirt contest but could not go as all her T-shirts were dry.