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The Unloved, Part 106: Surf Nazis Must Die & Def By Temptation

A tribute, long overdue in these parts, to the great Lloyd Kaufman, the head honcho at the last of the mini-majors, Troma Team Studios. Kaufman oversaw an empire of bad taste from his little corner of New York and made the world a more special and honest place in the process. Here's a look at two of the finest films he put his weight behind when the rest of the world wasn't in the mood. Here's to originals and the crazies who enable them; they make the world more fun.


To watch more of Scout Tafoya's video essays from his series The Unloved, click here.

Scout Tafoya

Scout Tafoya is a critic and filmmaker who writes for and edits the arts blog Apocalypse Now and directs both feature length and short films.

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