Comparing ‘Anchorage’ to ‘Easy Rider,’ While Obvious, Is Unfair

The straggly picture Scott Monahan and Dakota Loesch have concocted is infinitely more coherent than Dennis Hopper’s flat-footed icon of 1960s hedonism. Admittedly, sometimes it’s just as indulgent.

Erin Naifeh via The Malt Shop, Charley
Dakota Loesch in 'Anchorage.' Erin Naifeh via The Malt Shop, Charley

More decades ago than I would like to remember, I attended a lecture at the University of Baltimore given by John Waters, the cut-rate visionary behind such testaments to kitsch as “Pink Flamingos,” “Hair Spray,” and “Polyester.” 

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