Desperately Seeking Susan
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1985 104 min
**Pre-show DJ set by Gaudy God**
Sponsored by ALTER | Preceded by THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE (2019, 4 min, Dir. Max R. Lincoln
New Jersey housewife Roberta Glass (Rosanna Arquette) spices up her boring life by reading personal ads, especially a series of them being placed by a mysterious denizen of New York City named Susan (Madonna). When one of Susan's ads proposes a rendezvous with her suitor (Robert Joy) at Battery Park, Roberta secretly tags along. But when her voyeuristic jape ends in permanent memory loss and a new jacket, Roberta begins to gather a lot of unwanted attention from some unsavory characters.
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About THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE:
There are no cases of mistaken identity with the short we're pairing with DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN. In our short this week, Milo tracks down everybody with the same name as her... And kills them!
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