Originally posted by: Kevin Lewis
I hear you...except that I got the sense that most of those crappy things were caused, or at least allowed, by his own stupidity and/or cluelessness. That's not very effective humor in my book, though I acknowledge that it's a tried and true trope. Audiences feel smarter when they watch some bumbling fool get into trouble.
I didn't think that Clark Griswold was any different from Chase's SNL character who kept tripping over and knocking things down. These movies were just a different kind of slapstick.
Chase brought his SNL persona into a movie with Goldie Hawn (the title of which I'm too lazy to look up), and it was surprisingly effective, because they didn't overdo the "bumbling fool" part.
What was the old-time term for someone who is always fate's butt-monkey? Sad Sack?
Yes, a different kind of slapstick.
You must not have liked the Pink Panther movies with Peter Sellers or those Mr. Bean movies with Rowan Atkinson.
Different strokes for different folks.
Hope you had a good Christmas and have a happy New Year.
