Anybody out there remember Penelope Spheeris? She was the intellectual director’s intellectual director. Cool, hip, tougher than tough.
A 70’s punk film movement pioneer, Ms. Spheeris (we wouldn’t dare pretend to be on a first name basis with a woman we feel great admiration for while also finding her – well, we find her terrifying, to be honest) directed the smash hit Wayne’s World in 1992, had her way with whatever properties she wanted after that, ands then vanished from Hollywood’s grace after the flop film Senseless in 1998.
Here’s how it went down: