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The Bruised Ballerina

The Bruised Ballerina

Update: 2025-08-13
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Gather ye rosebuds and put on your ballet slippers, The Sin Syndicate is taking a stroll through Central Park and Greenwich Village for director Stanley H. Brasloff’s directorial debut, 1968’s Two Girls for a Madman, a melancholic roughie focused on two ambitious dancers (Arlene Farber, Jean Weston), one giggling sex maniac (Lucky Kargo), and a Beatnik cafe that offers masked orgies with admission.

Before he went for broke with his candy-colored daddy/daughter melodrama, Toys are Not for Children, Brasloff—a showbiz kid from an early age—cooked up this exemplary sexploitation film with a little help from his friends and connections in the East Coast entertainment business, including former Broadway performers and Jewish comedians like himself. Join us as we discuss Brasloff’s short but memorable career in moviemaking, a career filled with wonderful failures, interesting stories, and a whole lot of passion.

In this episode we debate the thespian talents of stunning starlet Arlene Farber, talk early electronic music scores (theremin!), and ask the deep questions, like “Is Lucky Kargo HOT or NOT?” Make sure to stay ‘til the very end, where Casey even has a correction for Mr. Stephen Thrower himself. So burn your tutu, hold on to your passport, and meet us at the fountain for Episode 16,  “The Bruised Ballerina.” 

Links:
Watch Two Girls for a Madman on the Something Weird Channel
Buy Toys are Not for Children from Arrow Video
Instagram with us at The Sin Syndicate
Follow us on Letterboxd: Gentry & Casey
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Contact us: thesinsyndicatepodcast@gmail.com

Timestamps:
(00:00:33 ) Intro
(00:02:31 ) Update (Abortion)
(00:09:36 ) Update (Bunny Yeager)
(00:12:34 ) Two Girls for a Madman
(00:15:05 ) Director Stanley Brasloff
(00:20:25 ) DP Victor Petrashevic
(00:33:12 ) Distribpix
(00:36:15 ) The Music
(00:40:37 ) Jewish Connections
(00:49:15 ) Arlene Farber
(01:01:48 ) Jean Weston 
(01:06:29 ) Lucky Kargo 
(01:17:01 ) Toys are Not for Children
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