Lol fucking weirdo
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Oh, thought I heard that he did. Well, I stand by the rest of my point either way, thanks for letting me know.
Chevy chase as a human is a drunk racist. If you start relating to this man you need to take a hard look at your life.
Do you know what acting is
Do you? Him being fired from community for going on a racist diatribe off camera isn’t acting. Neither are his divorces over his drinking.
Bro, the point being made isn't about Chevy Chase, it's about his character in the movie Christmas Vacation. Yes, Chevy is a piece of shit, but literally nobody is trying to relate with him.
Not my point at all but I don't care enough about a dead man to argue over whether someone can like a character in a 40 year old movie or not because the actor was a bit of a cunt. I'm sorry you're incapable of enjoying things.
Just chiming in (on your side, btw) but Chevy isn't dead yet.
Oh, could've sworn I heard he died earlier this year. Oh well, thanks for the correction.
I liked the grandma in this movie
Fun fact: the grandma in "Christmas Vacation" is none other than Mae Questel, the voice actor of Betty Boop.
Die hard and home alone 1/2 are the objectively superior Christmas movies
I'll take the first two of those but home alone 2 is... Well, a lot worse than I remembered
Ernest does Christmas is the superior Christmas comedy.
Chevy Chase very much was crazy
Elaine and her husband were the real sympathetic characters.
Because it's a 1980s movie the fact they were a childless couple with a more modern home decor taste they were considered acceptable targets for comeuppance, despite having done nothing to anyone.
Clark is a self centered jerk. All of his action for the family were really more about keeping up appearances or being personally validated. He's awful.
They kidnap an exec though. At least a few bonus points for that.
Cousin Eddy did that all on his own. Clark was too busy screaming at his family about not being able to pay for a pool.
Am I supposed to recognised the movies from just a random image? Sorry, but I still lack cinema litteracy. I don't even know who's that actor.
It’s Chevy chase. A drunk racist. If you’ve not heard of him consider yourself for the better. There are far better movies that celebrate the season without having to employ and hold up a piece of shit as a hero.
Many, many of us do recognize it. And I don't even watch a lot of movies. Also not your fault if you haven't seen it though.
Damn making me feel old over here with you not knowing Christmas Vacation. Great holiday movie. Worth a watch, a lot of people watch it as a tradition around Xmas time.
Don't feel old. I'm an avid watcher of film older than this but somehow I miss this. I just checked the french (very memorable) name to be should and no, never watch it. Well... It's on my list now.
That's Chevy Chase, starring in National Lampoons: Christmas Vacation. It's older but it's one of the most famous Christmas movies ever. It's a great comedy
Chevy Chase
*watch a recent photo of him* Yeah... I think I recognised him from somewhere. It looks like I have many old-school comedy to watch :) There is worst way to build an education.
For anyone curious, Chevy Chase was apparently awful to his coworkers, which caught up with him and squeezed him out of his career. This culminated during a roast to his name that celebrities actively skipped. What made him rethink his behavior was Steven Colbert's scathing but accurate remarks on the podium that haunted him, although his effort to change was too little too late.
Okay, but I still don't understand what this post is about.
The movie juxtaposes the ideal against the dysfunctional and highlights pressures of playing a social and familial role through comedy.
The main character is inherently flawed and is trying to give his family an ideal Christmas. He’s caught up in petty neighborly disputes, things go awry, and he’s an asshole. He wants to provide and be a good father and husband but his expectations are set too high and naturally he fails. He is morally weak and is easily distracted by lust or rivalry.
He just wants things to go as planned for once and not to be burdened by unwanted and embarrassing family members. He just wants things to be “normal” and for people to recognize his hard work and dedication.
People in this thread have pointed out that it’s difficult to empathize with the character because of his perceived wealth and the plot point of needing the Christmas bonus to cover money he over spent on a down payment for a pool.
However, for all of his toxic behaviors, his disproportionate reactions, his un-relatable lifestyle, his pettiness, his stress, his inability to let things go, he is familiar; he’s us. He wants to be happy but has no idea how to make that happen for himself. His heart is in the right place but that’s not enough.
There’s catharsis in watching him experience exaggerated depictions of what a lot of people experience around the holidays: you can’t choose your family and the world is typically against you. His final stress-fueled blowup and monologue at the end is a summary of the dumb shit the audience has always wanted to say but never been able to.
At least, that’s what I think the post is about.
so what did he do that would make him crazy
Well I wouldn't want to spoil too much if you wanted to watch. It's a comedy of errors movie, think like a Mr. Bean movie. Everything that could go wrong goes wrong. The family is all fighting, his Christmas lights outside are not working, his tree is burned, all host of crazy antics.
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