What’s Aged the Worst?
Robert Stack’s rejected backend, the fading surprise of Kareem’s casting, the extra slap, and racial material are identified as dated or regrettable; the translated jive scene creates a separate localization problem.
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- Robert Stack taking an extra twenty thousand dollars instead of a percentage is identified as a costly decision.
- The jive dialogue creates translation problems, with a Bavarian dialect used in German.
- The original shock of Kareem appearing in the film has faded with time.
- Leslie Nielsen returning to slap the passenger again is identified as a gag unlikely to be made now.
- The African basketball sequence is identified as uncomfortable for contemporary children.