“We 'ated ze Americains long before anyone elze!”
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Obligs from Jim Gaffigan:
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“When I want to spend a dollar on a bottle of water, I buy Perrier!”
– Robin Williams
Reality… What a Concept (1979)
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These are useful too:
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If I remember right, I’ve read that even Lewis thought the finished product was dreadful.
Of course a lot of his films are pretty bad. Exceptions in my opinion are:
The Bellboy
The Errand Boy
The Patsy
The Nutty Professor
Not too bad: The Disorderly Orderly
An interesting book about Lewis and his films is The Jerry Lewis Films: An Analytical Filmography of the Innovative Comic. The book includes commentary by Lewis.
I guess you could say I’m a fan. And I’m not even French.
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I’m not at all a Lewis fan. The only exception I can think of right now is The King Of Comedy, with Lewis playing completely against type.
Of course, having Scorsese and De Niro on side may have helped a little.
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He had a smol but useful part in Funny Bones (1995), which is one of my all-time fave films.
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I liked that one; quite different. But I’ve never seen this one:
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Superb soundtrack, too, also, from Raymond Scott to Memphis Minnie.
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Abington is just outside of Philly.
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I liked it too. The Wikipedia article quotes Roger Ebert saying
“Scorsese doesn’t want laughs in this movie, and he also doesn’t want release. The whole movie is about the inability of the characters to get any kind of a positive response to their bids for recognition.” He concluded that the film “is not, you may already have guessed, a fun movie. It is also not a bad movie. It is frustrating to watch, unpleasant to remember, and, in its own way, quite effective.”
I liked the movie, and I agree. I think without Sandra Bernhardt’s very weird Masha it would’ve been quite a bit less watchable.
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Never change, Terry!
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Even if in many ways it’s “Taxi Driver but with a talk show host”, it’s a much overlooked Scorsese masterpiece.
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Think I want bagpipes at my funeral.
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This would be a good send off
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In case you didn’t already know about them:
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