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Cowboys & Aliens: What Next?

by Michael Musto

July 27, 2011

As long as movies have decided to throw two disparate genres together like at those Cuban/Chinese restaurants uptown, I’ve got some other great ideas:

Enema Nurses & Ballerinas

Wrestlers & Singer/Dancers

Trannies & Warlocks

Smurfs & Vampires

Superheros & Queeros

Nazis & Homeys

Or how about … Cowboys & Indians?

You know, people from India.

The outfits alone!

This article from the Village Voice Archive was posted on July 27, 2011

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