It’s rare for a comedy to try and imitate the comic style of movies like Airplane!, Top Secret!, and The Naked Gun. Off The Mark is an even rarer example of one of these imitations being actually funny.
It’s rare for a comedy to try and imitate the comic style of movies like Airplane!, Top Secret!, and The Naked Gun. Off The Mark is an even rarer example of one of these imitations being actually funny.
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#1 by RogerBW on October 30, 2015 - 8:39 am
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As Lyz has pointed out, Airplane! had the advantage of starting with a real high-drama story which could then be played for laughs and have jokes added on top of it. I suspect that if you start off thinking about comedy it’s much harder to generate interesting characters.