Valerie and Mac team up to break them out, using the aliens’ otherworldly powers to fool Ted, the attending doctor, and escape. Meanwhile outside, Woody, a pool-boy, comes by and convinces Wiploc and Zeebo to go to the beach with him to pick up women, and the three get caught up in an accidental robbery, a police chase, and a forced trip to the hospital. Unbeknownst to Valerie, Mac overhears her trying to work things out with Ted. Valerie is visibly crestfallen, but is interrupted by an apologetic phone call from Ted. The next morning, Mac, Wiploc, and Zeebo repair the spaceship, and Mac announces that they will be ready to leave shortly. In an attempt to console her, Mac follows Valerie to her bedroom, and the two end up making love. Valerie reminds Ted that he no longer is welcome due to his cheating, and the police come and take him away. When Valerie finally takes the men back home, Ted is there waiting, and demands that the three men leave his house. Mac (Jeff Goldblum), has his eyes set on Valerie, however, and the two share a quiet moment together on the roof. They decide to take the aliens out on the town, and end up at a crowded club, where Zeebo and Wiploc (Damon Wayans and Jim Carrey), become hits with the club’s women. Sheared of their colorful fur, the two women are delighted to realize that underneath, the aliens appear like normal, even attractive, human men. When she realizes the three creatures are harmless, she takes them to her salon to be made over by her friend Candy (Julie Brown). A classic Valley-girl and hopelessly devoted, Valerie is shocked when a spaceship carrying three aliens suddenly lands in her pool one morning. Taking place in San Fernando Valley, California, the movie revolves around Valerie Gail (Geena Davis), a love-sick manicurist who is desperate to please her unfaithful fiancé, Ted. But it prevailed and has recently reemerged (thanks to DVD and the Internet), and has become a fledgling cult classic. And Earth Girls Are Easy can best be described as the love child of both.Ĭampy, with over-the-top 80s style, and catchy, but ridiculous, musical numbers, it was a box office flop that faded into obscurity for many years. Having become an adult in the 80s, my mother was a big fan of shows like In Living Color, and Star Trek: The Next Generation. My mother and I would watch it together regularly, even though many of the sexual moments went beyond my comprehension at the time. I’ve loved Earth Girls Are Easysince I was a child. This guest post by Libby White appears as part of our theme week on Cult Films and B Movies.
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