Death is a Photograph

Season 1, Gen X — Episode 29 — Freddy Got Fingered (2001)

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This week, DPP explores the cult film — Tom Green's Freddy Got Fingered (2001).

Panned at the time by venerable critics like Roger Ebert — Freddy Got Fingered has only grown in influence in the last two decades, generating a reputation as the ur-Gen X slacker and freak-out comedy.

Is this a piece of Dada genius or a symptom of the Hollywood studio system indulging the worst tendencies of a generation?

Find out in today's episode.

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