From Netflix:
While waiting for his big break, aspiring movie star Jack Castello accepts a job at a local service station that pumps more than just gas.
From Netflix you can stream the 7 episodes of this soap opera. Each episode runs between 45 and 58 minutes.
Maudlin. Salacious. Corny. Subtle as a brick. Clichéd. Barely acceptable trash. Maudlin. Raunchy. Preachy. Woke. Terrible acting. Production errors. And the list could go on.
My college freshman rhetoric teacher suggested that in order to better appreciate good examples of a given art discipline such as literature, music, and film, it helps to experience the bad examples. Well, with this film we now have a golden opportunity to experience one of the lesser achievements of the movie industry.
“Golden Tip Gasoline” is a gas pumping station that doubles as a gas pimping station for the young male gas attendants who will “fill your tank” if the customer uses the code word “dreamland”, no matter if that customer is male or female. Not only all these attendants but also their boss and some customers have Hollywood aspirations. One way for such a gas pumper to get his start is to service those customers who are part of the Hollywood management nobility. Instead of casting couches it seems there were casting nozzles.
Rather than merely prurient attractions, this story offers a noble sub-theme: No longer would the film industry suppress black, gay, and women actors.
Indeed from the goings-on we might suspect that half of Hollywood consisted of closeted gays . As an example: One client, say Jake, is so stupid that when he drives up to engage Archie Coleman he can’t remember the word “Dreamland”. But they hook up and eventually fall in love. Jake is told he cannot act. Nonetheless he forges ahead. Because he could not remember two lines, his first screen text required 67 takes. Because Jake is as handsome as he is stupid, some producer accepts him but says “Jake” is not an acceptable screen name and must be changed to ROCK HUDSON (get it?). His boyfriend Archie is a black man (horrors!) who wants to become a screen writer. Camille Washington is a black woman (even worse!) who wants to have some screen role other than playing a maid (uppity!). And so it goes on and on for 7 episodes.
Is this a satire? Have I missed something here?
If you can last till episode 7, which is aptly named “A Hollywood Ending”, you will be rewarded with a happy, sappy ending. Amen!
But just remember I LOVE TRASH!
