Its a car-wash ladies & gentlemen.

Rating: 8/10 (11 July 2006)

Laugh-out-loud, look-around-to-see-who-saw-what-you're-laughing-at FUNNY. I feel so optimistic.
I was expecting a gender-bending Spinal Tap, but its more like a twisted Purple Rain fogging the windows of a Polish bathhouse. It even has a "the-artist-formerly ..." joke but alas, not Prince's musical talent. Maybe, a philosophically serious Rocky Horror. So, its not absolute pleasure I can give myself over. Still, to be free, one must give up a little part of oneself & I know just the doctor to take it.
Very high marks for the concept of the botched sex-change, pseudo-transsexual, glam rocker to explore the Greek (Aristopholes, I guess) theory on men & women being 2 parts of one whole, muskrat-love, etc, etc. Very creative concept. ALso, great acting, great sets, great costumes, etc. Take that Hollywood. Why don't you take the whole bag. Thats the very business we call show... and the jobs we call blow.
I can't take the whole bag. The music isn't as good as Rocky Horror. some of it is really weak, but they clearly focused on telling the story via the lyrics, not writing memorable hits. 6 inches forward & 5 inches back.
Not as funny as Spinal Tap. No Prince. So, no 10. Prince may be micromanaging but I love his work. And besides, Anne Murray was a Canadian working in the American idiom.
I'm sure those who don't like it prefer blander, less complicated confections and a giant-sized sugardaddy named Luther. Either that, or they wanted music on par with Rocky Horror or Purple Rain. Well, Sugardaddy, Hansel needs some sugar in his bowl ... and the colored girls sing ...
The Germans are a patient people and good things come to those who wait. Will you give them the apple? Have a nice salad.