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Shampoo (1975)
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For those who consider Bulworth to be a savage and unprecedented political send-up, it's worth revisiting Warren Beatty's first, and best, attempt at outrageous social criticism. Mercilessly exposing the essential vacuity of both the sexual revolution and conservative alarmism over cultural permissiveness, Shampoo remains the best movie ever made about Nixon's America, and one of the very best about the tragic and disappointing conclusion to the 1960s. Set on the eve of the 1968 presidential election that elevated Nixon to the Oval Office, Beatty's uproarious satire follows a hairdressing Lothario (played by Mr. You're So Vain...
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Warren Beatty is unbelievably sexy in this film about extravagence, classism and capitalist America. I believe his character here was a strong influence on 'The L Word's Shane, that is a lothario, a man who can get any woman he wants, but cannot win their respect.
The acting is great, the script and movie really work...
(complete Shampoo review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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