Judy Tenuta: Un-Butt Plugged in Tex-Ass!

Let's play Socrates for a moment here: If a) all men are pigs and b) I'm a man (or at least an overgrown boy), then c) you can probably safely discard my opinion of Judy Tenuta's (the self proclaimed Love Goddess) latest video minorpiece. And it hurts me to say that. 10 years ago, I would have prostrated myself on the altar of the love goddess and proclaimed my gender-related worthlessness because a decade ago Judy was a) pretty funny or b) I was pretty immature. In any case, Judy Tenuta: Un-Butt Plugged in Tex-Ass plays like a racier than usual Jerry Springer show with a series of bona fide numbnuts coming onstage to help the goddess flesh out her woefully thin and fairly mean-spirited and cheap monologue. Obviously, if you throw jokes at an audience for the better part of an hour, one or two are going to hit the mark (ergo the extra half-star), but for the most part, Judy's schtick has grown a little old...at least from this pig's point of view. Not recommended. (R. Pitman)