Spinout

More of the same We are very much on familiar ground with Spinout. Elvis is a race car driver and singer with more than two women after him. The central thesis of these movies seems to be that men want to be Elvis and woman wants to be with him. Spinout however does seem to go a little further when pushing Elvis as attainable for the audience, in some ways making an early example of a parasocial relationship deliberately curated by the film and movie industry. Perhaps there is an interesting dissertation to be written about how Colonel Tom Parker's management of Elvis layed the foundations of the modern influencer culture, but a film as uncreative as Spinout doesn't deserve such analysis in its review pages. For those curious about the plot, I basically just told you. Elvis is a racer who is the subject of three different women's attentions. The alleged tension comes from which of the vague characatures resembling women will end up with Elvis. You habe your rich but spoilt one, y