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Now, Boom! got even worse reviews than Trog! Except from Tenessee Williams, whose book it was based on. He said it was the best film ever made. Which to this day only he and I can agree on. He's right though. The play was called The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore, but that was too long to put on the marquee so they called the film Boom!, which is the sound of a bomb going off—ironic, considering how hard it bombed.
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It's so awful it's perfect. My favorite bit is when Elizabeth Taylor pukes into a handkerchief, looks down and there's blood, and she says, "Ah! A paper rose!" The script is ridiculous. Come on, it's about the richest woman in the world, called "Sissy Goforth," and the Angel of Death. Maybe everyone does need an angel of death who comes to them when they die and so what if your angel of death steals something from you.Read on i-D: John Waters on J.Lo, Rei Kawakubo, Bad Taste, and Huge Hair
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