

The greasepaint is thick enough to choke on; the hearts, even thicker. Released at the tail-end of the Great War, Home Talent arrives like a custard pie hurled at the Western canon. Director-adapter Milburn Morante strips Romeo and Juliet of Verona’s marble dignity and reupholsters it in sawdust and spangles. What rem...


Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

Bruno C. Becker

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" The greasepaint is thick enough to choke on; the hearts, even thicker. Released at the tail-end of the Great War, Home Talent arrives like a custard pie hurled at the Western canon. Director-adapter Milburn Morante strips Romeo and Juliet of Verona’s marble dignity and reupholsters it in sawdust and spangles. What remains is a mercilessly funny examination of how art, love, and commerce curdle when left to ferment inside a provincial pressure-cooker. Gale Henry—queen of the wide-eyed double-tak..."

