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Raw Justice
When I searched The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
for movies or TV shows containing the word “Raw,” I was
pleasantly surprised to find out just how many choices
I actually had. However, I went with the 1994 movie
Raw
Justice
, but I don't want you to think for one minute that
I was influenced in any way by the fact that the star of the
movie was Pamela Anderson. That would be incredibly
shallow of me. Like any serious movie buff, I was drawn to
this movie by what drew most of the audience to this movie:
actor Robert Hays (who could forget his role in 2007's
Nicky's
Birthday Camera
or the Michael Tuchner-directed film
Trenchcoat
). Of course, the fact that Stacey Keach was in
the movie was just the icing on the cake, but everybody
knows the real draw of this flick clearly was Hays. However,
what I found most puzzling was this: in the movie poster,
Pamela Anderson totally dominates the poster with a large,
full-color, ¾-length pose of her wearing a skimpy black
dress, thigh-high boots, and holding a pistol at her side,
yet the other actors appear only as tiny black-and-white,
backscreened headshots. I have to admit, this really puzzles
me, because while Pamela Anderson is a fine actress—
one of the best, in fact—I feel, on some level, they were
trying to fool you into watching a movie thinking it was
about Pamela Anderson's acting, when in fact it was
really about the acting eye candy that is Hays. This is
called “bait and switch” (though you probably are more
familiar with the terms “tuck and roll” or perhaps “Bartles
& Jaymes”). Anyway, I think, while “Raw Justice” makes
a great title for a chapter on going beyond the basics
of Camera Raw, there is no real justice in that this finely
crafted classic of modern cinematography wound up
going straight to DVD.
