“I got an idea all right,
but I think it's against the law.” Everything you need to know about
the tone of Wayne Berwick's Microwave Massacre can be gleaned from the
opening sequence. Strutting in with an foot-tappingly catchy funkadelic opening
theme, Marla Simon (credited as 'Knothole Girl') – in figure-hugging
high 'n' tight jeans – jiggles her way down a suburban street brandishing all
kinds of swagger. She happens upon a construction site and a hole in a wall, in
which her ample assets become lodged after a creep gooses her. Two workers spy
the scene unveiling itself from the other side and charge in goggle-eyed wonder
– but they miss out at the last second. Yep, it's the 1970s and this goofy
brand of working men's club humour is the order of the day. It's the sort of
thing you might have seen in the work of Russ Meyer or those “Confessions...”
movies with all their waggling eyebrows and double entendres, as a schlub in
search of a simple working man's meal discovers culinary cannibalism as the
solution...
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