FORMAT: DVD
A small-town reporter is given the plum assignment of going to Hollywood and doing a sordid tell-all on the seamy side of show biz. Trouble is, she’s a homely virgin who’s unacquainted with sin. Luckily for her, the first day on the job she stumbles upon a cheesecake photo shoot in the Hollywood Hills. Later, she gets invited to a burlesque show.
Smack dab in the middle of this relatively tame and honestly rather dull flick, there are two five-minute 3-D interludes to spice up the proceedings. This first is called “Dance of the Blonde Slave’s Revenge”. A slave girl is unchained by her captor who makes her do a Bobby and Cissie routine. She eventually stabs him in the back and escapes. This sequence is mild and brief, but it does have a bottle and a pair of arms coming out at the audience.
Next up is “Madonna and Her Bubbles”. In this segment, a dancer blows bubbles out into the audience before doing an energetic dance routine. The only 3-D effects are bubbles and arms stretching out into the audience, but this sequence is fun, mostly because of the dancer’s energy. Then it’s back to the “main” plot.
Our intrepid reporter next goes undercover as a cheesecake model before going on a series of bad blind dates. There’s even a scene where she encounters a drag performer. It all ends with her getting a job as a lingerie model and getting into a cat fight with another jealous model. Luckily, her editor swoops in at the last minute to take her away from all this tawdriness.
A Virgin in Hollywood may have been downright scandalous at the time of its original release, but watching it now, it all seems quaint and a tad boring. Thankfully, the incongruous 3-D scenes, which are honestly nothing to write home about, make the whole experience at the very least memorable.
The reporter gets the best line of the movie when she asks her gal pal, “Did you ever feel as though you swallowed an electric vibrator?”
AKA: The Side Streets of Hollywood. AKA: Should a Girl Say Yes?
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