![]() ![]() Tabloids speculated that he had dated Paris Hilton, but he insisted they were just “friends that held hands. Rex was offered $70,000 USD by British tabloids to falsely claim he had dated Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, his co-star in Cuts. But decided to be living in a guesthouse in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles. Simon Rex bought a house in Laurel Canyon after the success of Scary Movie 3. They both shared a “psychedelic experience” during which Rex learned his grandfather was a “spiritual leader” who was “not always the most faithful member of his flock. When Rex clicked the 40s, he reconnected with his father. He is of Jewish descent from his mom’s side. Simon collected his education studying at the Alameda High School, located in Alameda, California. He is the only child of Paul and Zoe Cutright, a relationship coach and an environmental consultant. The American actor Simon Rex was born on the 20th of July 1974, in San Francisco, California, US. Hello, hello, hello.Simon Rex Cutright is a well-known American actor, rapper, comedian, and former model. There is a certain X-rated energy to him, but to keep things clean we can just say the actor controls the camera with a massive kind of swagger. The former MTV personality, whose biggest onscreen acting credits involve the lesser editions of the Scary Movie franchise, is in nearly every scene here, tasked with being the story’s hero and villain. Whatever you think of Baker’s world, though, Red Rocket is mostly Rex’s show. Well, almost: there is one jarring scene in which Mikey is assaulted by what can only be described as Texan cartoon characters. But I see honesty and a distinct absence of judgment. His attention to detail – the bottles of Big Red soda crowding everyone’s kitchens, the blazing glow of Texas City’s refinery shrouding the city in a sort of warm, inviting hellfire – could, and already has, been mistaken for disgust. Baker genuinely loves his characters and the societal rung they find themselves stuck on. If all of the above sounds stomach-churning, rest assured that Baker fashions it into a smoothly, darkly comic tale that lets everyone, even the detestable Mikey, retain gobs of humanity and relatability. ![]() As luck and desperation would have it, Mikey finds a perfect mark in the 17-year-old Strawberry (Suzanna Son), a local doughnut-shop cashier who wants out of Texas City almost, maybe more, than her new boyfriend/predator. He already ruined Lexi’s life by pushing her through the porn-industry wringer at a young age, and is now actively on the hunt for a meal-ticket back into the XXX world’s good graces. But it is quickly apparent that he is simply a beautiful monster. Mikey swears to Lexi, and anyone else within earshot, that he has a plan to get back on his feet, and that he is only the accidental victim of fast-life circumstances. Suzanna Son plays Strawberry, a local doughnut-shop cashier who wants out of Texas City. Either way, the pop song works here just as improbably well as Red Rocket itself. Oh, and the film features that catchy/infernal *NSYNC song no fewer than four times, each usage underscoring the fact that, however much we might want to forget that Baker’s characters exist, they’re not actually going anywhere. Red Rocket continues this trend, with Baker this time going deep into Texas circa 2016 to deliver a portrait of a slime-ball: a vile but photogenic charmer trying to convince everyone, including himself, that he can and deserves to succeed in Donald Trump’s America. Each delivered humane, deeply empathetic looks at those living on the fringes of society, all without slipping into sensationalism or poverty fetishization. And director Sean Baker.īaker is the do-it-all filmmaker (director, co-writer, producer, editor, casting supervisor) responsible for three of the most exciting independent American films of the past decade: 2012′s Starlet, 2015′s Tangerine and 2017′s The Florida Project. Anyway, this is a long way of saying that during the time it took me to write this review of the excellent new comedy-drama Red Rocket, I’ve listened to *NSYNC’s Bye Bye Bye approximately three-dozen times. Sometimes this isn’t possible (not everything makes its way to Apple Music) and sometimes this is just a silly trick that convinces me I’m being more productive than I actually am. One of my review-writing secrets, for any and all interested (hi, Mom?), is listening to the soundtrack of the film in question while typing away. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |