In the early mid-90s, I owned a video called Denise Austin’s Rock-Hard Tummies. It featured Ms. Austin in spandex and sweatbands performing a routine of moderately strenuous abdominal exercises in front of a shocking blue backdrop and a half-dozen headless mannequins. The soundtrack consisted of a musak version of Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean”. Looped. For 45 minutes. I think that’s longer than most Michael Jackson concerts.
I don’t know how the video fell into my hands, and I don’t know where it’s gone. Frankly, I’d completely forgotten about it until I saw this:
Clearly, the 1980s self-help home video workout aesthetic warrants further exploitation.
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