Party Monster is a 2003 film starring Seth Green as James St. James and Macaulay Culkin as Michael Alig. When I first watched I only realised later that it was based on a real story and became more fascinated with the film. Michael and James are the leaders of the Club Kidz in the 80s who live for the party lifestyle and love to dress extravagantly to express themselves. Michael starts as a promoter in the night club the Limelight and hosts expensive events which his manager Peter Gatian doesn't quite appove of as it is costing him money. The film is drug heavy and it is as if the party life is revolved around drugs. Everyone is just dressed up crazy and love takin drugs. So trippy. Michael's addiction starts to take a downward hill as he never pays his drug dealer, Angel and when Angel confronts him it takes the worse turn as Michael murders him, chops him up into a box and disposes his body in a river. Lovely.
This film in comparison to Cabaret is shows that both casts love to party but in Cabaret the lifestyle is revolved around sex and Party Monster is more revolved around drugs.
I think that James and Michael both share characteristics of Sally Bowles as James, like Sally loves attention and the glamour lifestyle whereas Michael, like Sally is living in his own world of chaos and too selfish to think about anyone else but himself and having fun. Although they both share have characteristics of Sally, Michael relates to her more as the story in Party Monster revolves around him more and his personal downfall with drugs like how the story of Cabaret revolves around Sally and her pregnancy and abortion which is a personal trait. James just shares her personality traits of wanting to stand out in the crowd and express himself.
Peter has some personality traits of Cliff as they are both responsible and try and tell Michael and Sally to change heir ways and get them out of their fantasy lifestyle that everything is fun and glamorous but they need to face the truth of their faults and idiocy.
Can I please just include that I love these quotes, they're brilliant:
'You're just jealous because I'm getting away with murder.' - Michael Alig
- definitely something Sally would say to Cliff because she thinks he's jealous of her always having fun.
'I'm not addicted to drugs, I'm addicted to glamour' - James St. James
- reminds me of how Sally lives in her own fantasy world hiding from facing the real world.
This film in comparison to Cabaret is shows that both casts love to party but in Cabaret the lifestyle is revolved around sex and Party Monster is more revolved around drugs.
I think that James and Michael both share characteristics of Sally Bowles as James, like Sally loves attention and the glamour lifestyle whereas Michael, like Sally is living in his own world of chaos and too selfish to think about anyone else but himself and having fun. Although they both share have characteristics of Sally, Michael relates to her more as the story in Party Monster revolves around him more and his personal downfall with drugs like how the story of Cabaret revolves around Sally and her pregnancy and abortion which is a personal trait. James just shares her personality traits of wanting to stand out in the crowd and express himself.
Peter has some personality traits of Cliff as they are both responsible and try and tell Michael and Sally to change heir ways and get them out of their fantasy lifestyle that everything is fun and glamorous but they need to face the truth of their faults and idiocy.
Can I please just include that I love these quotes, they're brilliant:
'You're just jealous because I'm getting away with murder.' - Michael Alig
- definitely something Sally would say to Cliff because she thinks he's jealous of her always having fun.
'I'm not addicted to drugs, I'm addicted to glamour' - James St. James
- reminds me of how Sally lives in her own fantasy world hiding from facing the real world.
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