What’s Aged the Worst?
Macchio; prison uniforms; lost Munster surprise; Stan; stutter; vanished comedy market; off-set accounts; Ewing shoes, disputed; tuna prices
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- Macchio’s mustache and unconvincing basketball are criticized, with Scott Skiles and Tacko Fall comparisons for his play.
- The striped prison uniforms are compared with Grease costumes.
- The original surprise of seeing Herman Munster as the judge has faded as Gwynne’s role here became famous in its own right.
- Mitchell Whitfield’s Stan performance prompts a wish for more casting auditions, alongside recognition of his later Friends role.
- Pendleton reportedly regretted the stuttering-lawyer role after angry letters and believed it nearly ended his career.
- The lawyer-switching subplot is considered unnecessary padding whose function is merely to send Stan back to Vinny.
- The cast reportedly struggled not to laugh during the public-defender scenes.
- The stutter is criticized as low comedy; another unexpected trait could have supplied the reversal without making stuttering the joke.
- The disappearance of the adult-comedy market represented by Dale Launer’s Blind Date, Ruthless People and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is treated as a bittersweet loss.
- McGill’s oral-history description of Pesci monopolizing Tomei’s off-set time is treated as uncomfortable information about a reportedly Svengali-like working relationship.
- McGill’s account of Pesci treating Jonathan Lynn harshly and storming off after the director laughed is received as an unwelcome glimpse behind the comedy.
- Pesci’s bulky Patrick Ewing shoes divide opinion: dated even then for one response, stylish and useful for a short wearer for another.
- A tuna can priced in pennies is treated as a vanished detail of everyday shopping.