What’s Aged the Worst?
The escort requests, dated first class, heavy drinking, and unexplained football background draw criticism.
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- The colonel's repeated public requests for an escort would now attract scrutiny, though the behavior is defended as plausible for the pre-internet era.
- The first-class airplane cabin looks cheap and ordinary by current standards.
- The quantity of whiskey consumed during a short flight and across each day appears incompatible with the character remaining so controlled.
- Charlie's sudden description as Baird's star halfback feels unsupported by everything else shown about him.
- Frank Slade is described as a nightmare guest at holiday dinners.
- The recurring Pacino impression is added to What's Aged the Worst because it repeatedly parodied this movie.