I have been wanting to write about Tura Satana’s passing, and have not been able to find the right words. And then I got royally pissed last night when she was left out of the “In Memorium” package during the Oscars. It was an insulting oversight, and it didn’t go unnoticed by the blogosphere.
True, Tura and Faster Pussycat, Kill Kill! were never even remotely considered Oscar material. But both the actress and the film (which are nearly inseparable, since Tura is Faster Pussycat) have done far more to shape pop culture than the handful of play-by-the-rules ass-kissing Hollywood insiders who were deemed worthy of mention.
Fuck them all – you’re a goddess, Tura, and you always will be.
Like most of you, I was shocked when I heard of her passing, particularly because she has always seemed so lively and full of energy.
I was not close to Tura; I made a point to chat with her every year at
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An outrage! But I expect nothing less from the schmeltz fest that the Academy Awards has become…