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Buffy11bnl t1_iu95gcr wrote

Reply to comment by toofarbyfar in Sleepaway Camp (1983) (possible spoilers) by emmerliii

The aunts performance alone is incredible enough to be the topic of an in-depth analysis - like, there were a lot of *choices* made and I’m still not entirely sure I believe they had seen the whole script?

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AmeliaMangan t1_iu974u9 wrote

I am utterly obsessed with Desiree Gould's amazing, all-caps performance as Aunt Martha ("I MADE YOU SOME COOKIES FOR THE RIDE HOME!!1!"). Everyone else is more or less going for naturalism in their performances, but she's got this, like, John Waters/David Lynch thing going on wherein the performance is just so much that all concepts of "Good Acting" or "Bad Acting" just become wholly irrelevant. Absolutely iconic, either way.

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Buffy11bnl t1_iu981oj wrote

It’s so surreal! and yes that’s exactly it - somehow it pulls together go form something that goes well beyond the concept of “good” movie Vs “bad” movie, it’s truly a spectacle in the best possible way!

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Homerpaintbucket t1_iuam9e9 wrote

I always took as their way of demonstrating that she was fucking out of her skull insane.

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