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Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
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Beware the curse of the sketch character spinoff! For every The Blues Brothers there's a thousand shattered dreams: failed gambles that a character that works in sketches has the potential to carry a feature length film. A bad comedy is the most painful of bad films and with a genuine stinker under their belt a hitherto wildly popular comedy character can become irrevocably tainted with failure.
Worryingly, Bad Grandpa (or to give it its full title Jackass presents: Bad Grandpa) fits squarely within this genre. I'm vaguely familiar with the Jackass series, sort of remembering this character from the shows I've seen on TV. The gag is that Johnny Knoxville in old man make-up gets himself into scrapes you wouldn't expect an old man find himself in. As far as sketches go it's a decent idea; people's reactions to seeing an old man in Jackass extreme situations adds a small yet sigificant twist to the format. Also, most importantly, Johnny Knoxville does a brilliant caricature of a grumpy, slightly confused old man struggling to retain his dignity in a world that keeps kicking him in the crotch (often literally).
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