Screenbeat Comfortably Dumb

It’s not likely to sweep the Oscars this year, but wouldn’t it be nice if Penelope Spheeris’ Decline Of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years were to be nomitated for “Best Documentary To Bite The Hand...” or some such category? To prove that lightning can strike twice, Spheeris decided to risk a sequel to her original Decline (about the L.A. punk scene circa 1979 with Black Flag, X, the Germs and Fear).