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Roxy Saint While seriously lacking in the special features department, Roxy Saint's "The Underground Personality Tapes" makes up for it by being a brilliant and fantastic viewing experience. This "movie" is a collection of (as the back of the DVD states) "ten new songs and digital videos" with "segments that portray character creations from Roxy's life and experiences living at the edge of reality." This is my first experience with Roxy Saint and, needless to say, I was impressed. I've watched this from begining to end numerous times already and I'm still not bored with it. The great thing about this release is the fact that you'll see something new every single time you view it and you more or less have to view it numerous times to take it all in. Roxy goes from one extreme to another and...suprise, suprise...it all blends together rather well. I mean, this woman is...well...everything. She's light, darkness, innocence, sin, love, lust, life, death, past, present, future, the girl next door, the woman on the corner, fame, fortune, a regular person, human, good, evil...and so on and so forth. Everything that makes us human and, at times, not so human, can be found here in one form or another. Pink Floyd's "The Wall" was a real visual experience so to speak. If you've seen the movie, you know what I mean. Well, "The Underground Personality Tapes" is "The Wall" times ten and the story here, if there is one, isn't exactly cut and dried. You might watch this and say to yourself, "Yeah, I know what she's trying to say. I get the point," and, chances are, you're nowhere near the thoughts and ideas that were going through her head at the time this release was put together. Only Roxy knows for sure. I guess it all depends on how you view it and what frame of mind you're in while you're watching it. I went into this release thinking it was just another music video and I quickly realized that there was a lot more to it. I tried to figure it out. But, after I watched it for the third time, I just started to watch it and admire it as a brilliant piece of work with a great musical soundtrack. I like the tunes "Rebel" and "Firecracker" the best because...and maybe it's just me...but, I like the way Roxy moves her body, it's almost like she's using it as an instrument. She's got some great moves. I love the way "I Wanna Be Your Dog" was filmed. I don't wanna give anything away, so, let's just say it was simple, yet, brilliant. The music rocks. The video rocks. Roxy Saint rocks. You need to check this out. That's all that really needs to be said. |