The Ride

Feature-length pilot from the great Canadian network Showcase, which introduced me to the wonders of arthouse cinema, softcore pornography, queer sexuality, and sadomasochism. But their decision not to pick this up is a case for present-day bewilderment, as it would seem to have been a perfect fit: a soapy steamy drama with tits & dicks & drag queens starring Yaphet Kotto as a boxer-turned-cabbie hallucinating hobos taking table saws to his taxi? What monster declined a series order for that?