Monday, September 16, 2024

A SHEAR DELIGHT (1995) ****

The legendary Up All Night hostess Rhonda Shear stars in her own hour-long special.  It sort of plays like a tamer version of a Playboy Video Centerfold.  Rhonda is interviewed about her history in show business, competing in beauty pageants, and even her brief time in local politics.  Peppered throughout the interviews are cheesecake modeling scenes of Rhonda lounging around in (what else?) sheer lingerie.

Rhonda’s bubbly personality and winning charm comes across during the interview segments.  Naturally, her beauty is on full display in the softcore segments.  While she doesn’t exactly appear nude or anything, her outfits leave very little to the imagination.  The fun segments include Rhonda modeling a lacy white number, sporting a black catsuit, performing a dance with a white feather boa while wearing a short skirt, and donning a cowgirl outfit (while riding in a saddle, no less).  

The highlight is when she seductively eats a popsicle… and let me tell you… this scene is enough to keep you… UP All Night… if you know what I mean.  While the other segments are great and all, this one is pure cinema.  For foot fetish fans there’s a rather incredible scene where she smooshes a banana and jelly donuts with her toes.  The scene where the filling symbolically shoots out is something else.  Again.  Cinema.  At its finest.  Eat your heart out, Scorsese.

Rhonda naturally plugs Up All Night a lot (and her merchandise catalogue).  In fact, much of this sort of feels like you’re watching Up All night without the movie segments.  That is to say, it’s A-OK with me. 

The behind-the-scenes talent is pretty impressive too.  Scream Queen Monique Gabrielle also served as producer and Penthouse Pet and Andy Sidaris muse Julie K. Smith was the set designer.  Julie also starred in the immortal The Strap-On Adventure, which was also directed by this film’s director, Tony Angove.

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