Product Details

• Actors: Julie Brown, Sergio Carbajal, Jodi Carlisle, Charlie Coffey, Cristy Dawson
• Directors: Julie Brown
• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• VHS Release Date: June 28, 1994
• Run Time: 51 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302538157
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #133,664 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hysterical Spoof!, August 27, 2000

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Luis Hernandez (New York, New York, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Starring comic genius Julie Brown, "Medusa" Dare to Be Truthful" is a hysterical spoof of Madonna's "Truth or Dare" documentary. In this sendup, Julie Brown (MTV's "Just Say Julie"; "Clueless") plays Medusa, world-famous pop singer, who is on a world tour with her dancers. On her tour she encounters many technical mishaps (electrocution, props falling on her, etc.) as well as her many encounters with celebrities (some which include comic parodies of Sean Penn, Sandra Bernhardt, and Cher).

Originally airing on the Showtime cable network, this spoof contains many hilarious secenarios including Medusa performing at a concert in the Philippines while a volcano is erupting in the background, and another where Brown parodies Madonna's infamous "bottle" scene in "Truth or Dare." Another of my favorite scenes includes a giant faux-penis collapsing on Medusa while she is practicing for a performance with her dancers. Only Brown could make this comedy work, and her performance is splendid.

Brown is hysterically funny as always, and aong with the dancers in the film, and the many song parodies ("Vogue" is "Vague"; "Like a Virgin" is "Like a Video"; etc..). The film also contains the witty, sharp-wit lines Brown is well-known for (in response to police demands that Medusa trims the sexuality in one of her perfomances, she replies "Call me Mr. Brirdseye, but the show stays frozen!").

If you are in the mood for a good spoof, then "Medusa: Dare to be Truthful" is your best choice for guaranteed laughs.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't be overcharged, May 23, 2008

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Christopher - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Medusa: Dare to be Truthful (DVD)

The product description is misleading. Not only is this DVD NOT impossible to find, it is readily available at Julie Brown's website, www.juliebrown.com. And, it's only $20. I see no reason to pay $50 here for it.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of Julie Brown's finest hours, August 19, 2002

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Daniel J. Hamlow (Narita, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Dare To Be Truthful, Truth Or Dare, get it? And Medusa, not Madonna. Yes, Medusa, star of Desperately Seeking Sushi and Who's That Pretty Bad Woman? Julie Brown single-handedly and playfully plays the title character and exaggerates the Material Girl during her Blonde Ambition tour (and even in previous days) down to blonde wig and mannerisms. Her performance as Medusa is more mischievous rather than malicious. Her failed marriage to Sean Penn, her poor movie performances, cheesy sets, and dancers--it's all there. After doing a novelty album, Trapped In The Body Of A White Girl, and playing Geena Davis's girlfriend in Earth Girls Are Easy, Brown has excelled herself here.

This parody of the documentary portrays Medusa as quite an egomaniac, bratty, petty, selfish, over-emotional, and quite, well, sexually charged is a nice way of saying it. When she has one of her tantrums, all one has to do is say something like "You were at your best" or some other high form of flattery, and that will bring out a smile. And check out that bratty cackle!

The main theme is Medusa on her Blonde Leading The Blonde Tour, with funny things happening in the Pilliphines, I mean Philippines, where she kicks some ash, literally. In addition to the skewering and cariacaturing of Madonna, the dialogue is funny at times. Medusa says she's so rich that her money has money now. She even screams at her therapist, "You said yourself I was borderline--I even wrote a song about it!" And in one of the pre-concert prayers includes, "...please give them [the backup dancers] the courage to accept a pay cut because the yen conversion rate is really bad right now and the wisdom not to go running to a lawyer about it." I'll say no more--don't want to do a spoiler review.

Other notable cameos include Bobcat Goldthwaite, who does a parody of the Kevin Costner scene. And Chris Elliott (There's Something About Mary, Groundhog Day) plays Andy.

If you like Madonna and can appreciate her getting roasted in this comical send-up, this is for you. Hardcore Madonna fans may be offended, however. One question on my mind--what, no accompanying soundtrack EP?