Frankenhooker (1990): Episode 15
A medical student sets out to recreate his decapitated fiancée by building her a new body made of Manhattan Sex Workers. In this episode I explore grief, feminism, objectification of women, big pharma, and the crack epidemic. For the true horrors, I get into the crack epidemic in American that started in the 1980's and how mandatory sentences have only hurt urban communities.Resources used in this episode:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099611/?ref_=tttrv_ovhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenhookerhttps://www.ghoulsmagazine.com/articles/the-shocking-brilliance-of-frankenhooker-1990https://www.biography.com/crime/joel-rifkinhttps://www.npr.org/2023/07/13/1186778651/crack-cocaine-epidemic-when-crack-was-king-donovan-x-ramsey[Mulvanetti, JP. 2014, October 14. Frank Henenlotter - Basket Cases, Frankenhookers and Sexploitation!. ScareTissue.
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A medical student sets out to recreate his decapitated fiancée by building her a new body made of Manhattan Sex Workers. In this episode I explore grief, feminism, objectification of women, big pharma, and the crack epidemic. For the true horrors, I get into the crack epidemic in American that started in the 1980's and how mandatory sentences have only hurt urban communities.Resources used in this episode:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099611/?ref_=tttrv_ovhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenhoo...