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In Reply to: Movie cliches - A New Year's Resolution posted by Bambi B on December 29, 2003 at 14:34:46:
...as far as I'm concerned, STARSHIP TROOPERS *is* a sci-fi parody. Like many of Verhoeven's other films--think BASIC INSTINCT, ROBOCOP and especially SHOWGIRLS--the delicious irony is that it treads the fine line between superficial, low-brow fare for the masses and a parody of same. I am reminded of the following quote from John Kenrick's excellent Musicals101.com web site (in reference to British music halls of the mid-1800s):[conventional tastes] were pandered to and at the same time subtly ridiculed; the rednecks were kept happy and, for those with the wit to see it, the satire was there.
Verhoeven is a master at this kind of balancing act.
djprobed
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