What’s Aged the Worst?
The discussion raises qualified concerns about Jesus and Bunny’s caricatures, alongside changing marijuana culture; Jesus is still considered funny without closer scrutiny.
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- Jesus remains funny when unexamined, but closer scrutiny raises qualified discomfort with the character and the film’s cultural politics.
- A modern Dude might carry a vape pen, which would remove physical comedy and the romantic outsider quality of his tiny joints.
- Bunny is confined to a dumb porn performer, trophy wife, and gold digger without interior life, a portrayal made more uncomfortable by Tara Reid’s later public treatment. — Sean Fennessey
- The already-filmed Going Places spinoff is reportedly intended to explain that Jesus was framed for the accusation.