Written by James M. Tate / 1/31/2018 / No comments / 2018 , biopic , comedy , douglas kenney , joel mchale , new
SMUG DOUGLAS KENNEY BIOPIC 'A FUTILE AND STUPID GESTURE'
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The Real Doug Kenney in Animal House Biopic Year: 2018 |
Yet they're delivered with a string of modern day style "Can you believe what I just said and you just heard?" sarcasm about Nixon, and Nixon, and even more Nixon. Meanwhile, Will Forte, as Kenney, isn't one bit likable or interesting, which almost seems deliberate and, worse yet, the actors playing John Belushi, Bill Murray or Harold Ramis look nothing like the real articles (although Ivan Reitman is a dead ringer, but it hardly matters). And yet, somehow, A FUTILE AND STUPID GESTURE, based on a line from National Lampoon's ANIMAL HOUSE co-written by Kenney (and spoken by Tim Matheson's Eric "Otter" Stratton), is somewhat involving if you can get past the blitz of pop culture eye-candy and try to make something out of the ultimately simple true life story...
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Fake "Mary-Louise Weller" |
The bad counter-culture costumes including phony mustaches and wigs are sometimes overridden by particular facts that do spark insight: like how wannabe R. Crumb style cartoons were replaced by serious nostalgic artwork for the magazine, made funnier through radical concepts providing generational irony...
Then the SNL "Not Ready For Prime Time Players," including Belushi, Bill Murray and Joel McHale's lazy imitation of his once COMMUNITY co-star Chevy Chase, merely come and go, never establishing themselves as being an integral part of Kenney's career as opposed to his original partner, Henry Beard, who's just too idealistically perfect to seem realistic, acting more like the Ghost of Christmas Present than a once reliable creative soulmate who helped get the Lampoon ball rolling, during and after their beginnings at Harvard University...
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Real Martha "Babs" Smith |
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Grade: C+ |
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Douglas Kenney, middle, appears in his production CADDYSHACK, laughing at Rodney Dangerfield's jokes |
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Harold Ramis quipped that Doug fell while looking for a place to jump, but this biopic screams it was suicide |
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