R.W. Fassbinder's sob story about an illbred homosexual sideshow performer, "Fox, the Talking Head" (played by Fassbinder himself), who lucks into a lottery jackpot and is bled dry by his deceitful, prissy, upper-middle-class lover (as Fox crams a piece of coffeecake into his mouth, his social superior sneers, "If you're looking for your fork, it's to the left of your plate"). Fassbinder reproduces some right-sounding, catty, below-the-belt dialogue in the homosexual social circle, but this is merely a sidelight of the movie, a bonus. Essentially he uses homosexuality as a means of equalizing the characters, so as to move the focus away from the Sex War to the Class War. His facetiously schmaltzy treatment of the subject allows the audience members to indulge their liber sympathies without worrying that they have been manipulated by cheap emotionalism. (1976) — Duncan Shepherd
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