Christina Reviews *This is Spinal Tap*

        "I do not think the problem was that the band was "down". I think the problem was that there was a Stonehenge monument on stage that was in danger of being crushed...by a dwarf!"
                                                             David St. Hubbins

       This Christopher Guest film could be referred to as a mock rockumentary.   It was made in the early eighties, and it actually features Fran Drescher---before she became annoying. 

        Spinal Tap is a band comprised of three British "musicians"---Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins and Derek Smalls.

        When they first started out, they wrote Beatlesesque songs, but as they got older, they became more of a rock band, but in the vein of Queen, Styx, Aerosmith, etc.  Their history is one of intrigue.  For instance, you would never believe how they lost one of their drummers.  He spontaneously combusted!

        They take their music very seriously, and the things they say are sometimes so outrageous, but the actors play it straight, and it’s hilarious.  The commentary on the DVD is also great.  The actors stay in character as they comment on each scene in the film.  The commentary is almost like a whole new movie.

       Christopher Guest also did Best In Show.  The mockumentary is a theme for him.

       This is one of my favorite comedies.  It’s extremely crude, but it’s also extremely funny.