RAUNCHY BUSINESS

RISKY BUSINESS (1983)
dir: Paul Brickman

RAUNCHY BUSINESS
MAD #246, April 1984
w: Stan Hart
a: Mort Drucker
From group of movies reviewed by Siskel and Ebert.

Back when there were dozens of teen movies every week and when Tom Cruise was still virtually unknown. This is about Joel Goodsen (Tom Cruise), a high school and future Princeton student who runs a prostitution ring while his parents are away on vacation.

Joel's best friend Miles (Curtis Armstrong) suggests he has fun while his parents are away and hires a prostitute for him.

The first prostitute turns out to be a guy in drag (Bruce Young), which he turns away. That was the joke because in the eighties, transphobia wasn't just a prejudice that would get you canceled, it was the norm. Later, he gets Lana (Rebecca DeMornay), who is just his type. Lana hides from her pimp Guido (Joe Pantaliano) and Joel lets her stay at his house while he's in school. That night, he finds she's let a friend stay there. He, Miles, and the girls are all chased by Guido, which results in Joel driving his father's car into the lake. He finds out he can't pay for it, so Lana suggests they bring in more prostiutes to have a party at his house, and during the party, a recruiter from Princeton shows up.

The next day after getting his father's car back, Joel comes home to find his house burglarized. Guido has taken everything from the house as payback for Joel and Lana stealing the women he “owns”. He's able to buy it all back and put it all back before his parents return home. Everything's exactly as it was, except for a decorative egg. The Princeton recruiter was impressed by... something.

From Academy Awards for Teenage Movies in #258, October 1985, written by Arnie Kogen