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Directed by Oliver Stone; Screenplay by Eric Bogosian and Oliver Stone...
Good evening, agony fans. Time for another thrilling episode with Barry Champlain (Eric Bogosian). For two hours a night, this talk-show host spits out opinions, croons insults, talks people off the suicide ledge of despondency, seduces and then abandons his listeners. Got a personal problem? Barry will mock it. Afraid of blacks, Jews, gays? Barry will make sure you're more afraid of him. Or maybe you just love him. Don't try: "Nothing more boring than people who love you." And when Barry is bored, he cuts off your lifeline -- hangs up on you. Remember, folks: "Sticks...
During this last monologue, Bogosian sneaks an occasional look at the audience. He seems almost surprised that there is someone there to listen. The venomous attack is simultaneous with the clear desire to gain approval...
This intense need for response explores human, and especially male, needs more than it allows Bogosian to satirize societal convention. For Bogosian, the lunacy and sadness of modern life come from the roles we are forced into playing. In depicting some of these roles, he captures a common desire to reach out, to be saved...
Many of the characters in Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll are failures at the American dream. They're marginalized, unhappy. By illustrating the humor and the sadness in their lives, Bogosian asks us to redeem them...