{"id":830,"date":"2016-10-11T04:24:36","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T04:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/?p=830"},"modified":"2016-10-11T04:24:36","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T04:24:36","slug":"motion-picture-purgatory-the-gods-of-times-square-1999","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/?p=830","title":{"rendered":"MOTION PICTURE PURGATORY: \u201cThe Gods of Times Square\u201d (1999)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Gadzooks over Disneyfication of God kooks!<\/em> Structure in this off-the-cuff doc\u2019s at a minimum but its cast of crackpot characters sure lingers long in the noggin whether you like it or not! A video camera tracks various 90\u2019s Times Square preachers before <em>Walt Disney\u2019s<\/em> wrecking ball gentrified the legendary den-of-iniquity vicinity, closing down all the round-the-clock XXX grindhouses &amp; mom-and-pop greasy spoons that accompanied them! Toxic spittle flies at the camera as half-baked theories are quizzed &amp; debated, juxtaposed with an endless parade of leering glamour-pusses beaming down from the billboards! The heading for this Motion Picture Purgatory which originally appeared in a 2004 issue of The Montreal Mirror was \u201cGadzooks over Disneyfication of God kooks!\u201d As always; the original art\u2019s for sale @ 100 bucks. More deets below or contact me for info. (To see image full-sized, click on it to open in a new window &amp; use the magnify function).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/the_gods_of_times_square.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-831 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/the_gods_of_times_square-676x1024.jpg\" alt=\"the_gods_of_times_square\" width=\"627\" height=\"950\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/the_gods_of_times_square-676x1024.jpg 676w, http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/the_gods_of_times_square-198x300.jpg 198w, http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/the_gods_of_times_square-768x1163.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/the_gods_of_times_square.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Original art for sale for $100.00 CAD. Includes three items total: The pencil art preliminaries, the original finished B&amp;W inks (signed &amp; dated by author\/artist Rick Trembles in pencil on the back), &amp; a color newsprint tear-sheet (or B&amp;W gray tones, depending on when it came out) from where it was originally published. Postage &amp; framing not included. Motion Picture Purgatory Volumes One &amp; Two available at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fabpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">FAB Press<\/a><\/span>. For original art info, contact Rick Trembles @ ricktrembles (at) hotmail (dot) com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gadzooks over Disneyfication of God kooks! Structure in this off-the-cuff doc\u2019s at a minimum but its cast of crackpot characters sure lingers long in the noggin whether you like it or not! 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