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Review: Mötley Crüe biopic 'The Dirt,' as vapid and sexist as the band in its heyday

"Girls, girls, girls." Motley Crue sings about them, sleeps with them, vomits on them, punches them in the face and can expect oral sex from anyone in a skirt in Netflix's astoundingly tone deaf biopic "The Dirt."

The film, which premieres Friday, is based on the group's 2001 book, "The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band." The book put the washed-up metal band back on the radar with lurid tales of bad-boy debauchery, a legacy built on the backs and

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