Criterion’s set for The Girl Can’t Help It is going to look awfully smart on the shelf next to their forthcoming release of Pink Flamingos.

A veritable Parthenon of vulgarity and a supremely unfunny comedy that is pure eau de Fifty-Six.

Years before Kenneth Anger, Frank Tashlin located the decadent Babylon in Hollywood and found it not that different from the splashy Looney Tunes bonanzas he used to fashion during his salad days as an animator.

What endures are the barrage of jokes built around Mansfield’s formidable form and the sizzling musical numbers.