What’s Aged the Best?
Straight acting; opening credits; refrigerator; timeless jokes; announcers; baseball authenticity
In the discussion (10)
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- Serious actors playing absurd situations straight are credited as the comedy’s essential technique. — Bill Simmons
- The police-siren opening credits traverse a roller coaster, house, car wash and women’s showers. — Kyle Brandt
- The ancient food and iced-over freezer make Drebin’s refrigerator memorable. — Bill Simmons
- The comedy largely avoids cheap racial or gay-character targets, with the opening world-leader scene acknowledged as an exception. — Kyle Brandt
- I was young, I needed the work and I faked every orgasm became reusable personal jokes. — Bill Simmons
- The crowded booth of familiar baseball announcers anticipates excessive studio panels. — Bill Simmons
- Drebin clinging to exaggeratedly endowed statues remains funny. — Bill Simmons
- Nancy Marchand’s seriousness, the romantic voice-over interrupted by collision, bad driving and the final reconciliation are praised. — Bill Simmons
- Throwaway jokes reward rewatches: Yasser’s name tag, Gorbachev’s mark, the gymnast lover, chalk outline, hospital name, beaver, Viking food, lost narration, tearaway suit, bingo, innocent condemned man, building contractor and rain check. — Bill Simmons
- Convincing baseball action and authentic teams distinguish the finale. — Kyle Brandt