I find it amusing to see Joan at her age playing a carny cooch dancer. Notice that she is dressed in black when you first see her, so your eyes immediately travels to her swinging & swaying. (do you serve fries with that shake?) This is not the first time she has progressed from waitress wedgies to alligator pumps in a movie. She falls for a local "Johnny law," only to incur the wrath of the town's mayor, played by Sydney Greenstreet, who resemble a scrotum with legs. His laugh is something you'd hear on an obscene phone call. He doesn't like poor Joan & gives her a hard time at every turn. I like Gladys George as Lute Mae. the owner of a local road house (read as "brothel in disguise), who doesn't take guff from anyone. It's fun to watch, predictable, but fun.
Review of Flamingo Road
