Word: slapstick
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...affective disorder. Before Peanuts made its debut in 1950, one wouldn't generally think of pop-cultural children--maybe not children, period--as having psyches, much less diagnoses. Moppets of the Depression and before were uncomplicated, hardy imps, ravenous Little Rascals and ruddy-faced Katzenjammers of simple wants and slapstick antics. Schulz's Dr. Spock-era kids brought cartoons into the age of psychiatric help, 5[cents] at a time. Reflective, neurotic and deadpan, they were to their predecessors what Bob Newhart was to Moe Howard. They were children of postwar prosperity, a time when Americans could afford to have...
...running joke of the movie is that Emmet Ray is the second greatest jazz guitarist of his time, and the two times that Emmet has encountered number one, the real-life figure Django Reinhardt (this Gypsy guitar player from France), he fainted on sight. Penn handles the movies many slapstick moments with gusto, including a terrific scene in which Emmet crashes through the roof of a counterfeiting operation in an attempt to escape a third meeting with Django. These moments of light comedy are also nicely tempered by Penn, who can give dignity to the scummiest of cads. He clearly...
...such supporting actor is sophomore BJ "Brian" Averell in the role of Bela Zangler, the illustrious Hungarian owner of The Zangler Follies in New York City. While Averell has become a minor celebrity after his recent stowaway escapade, he was clearly meant to play Bela, with his slapstick antics and comic walk and accent. The sub-plot of Bela and Tess' love affair adds more fuel to the comic fire of Crazy...
...Shades of the Farrelly brothers inhabit this early slapstick about a nebbishy city-dweller played by (surprise!) Allen who somehow winds up in a backwards Latin American republic. The film plays upon stereotypes to no end, but its frequently hilarious and neatly demonstrates the fun of Allens immature work...
...deities and hobnobbing heroes, loosely based on the story of Jason and the golden fleece. Cupid and Fate are having a quarrel about which one most controls mens' lives, and they cause amorous chaos among the mortals. Giasone, Aegeus, Medea, Hypsipyle and their servants mill about in confusion and slapstick till at last, all sung out and snugly paired off they come to a happy closing...