Movies

Michael Reagan and Patti Davis outraged by use of REAGAN's Alzheimer's for a comedy Antibody Apr 28, 15:03

Tough Bite. Inside is a Complete List of all the Comedies that have never Outraged or Offended a Single Person. Captain Obvious Apr 28, 15:09

How many based on a real person's illness? {nm} Antibody Apr 28, 15:09

Please Provide a List of all the Things that you can't Make a Comedy about & Explain Why. Thanks. {nm} Captain Obvious Apr 28, 15:18

I think Mel Brooks sets the boundaries pretty damn clearly bennyg1985 Apr 28, 15:21

+1 Dorfman Apr 29, 05:34

You didn't answer the question. {nm} Antibody Apr 28, 15:24

You didn't Provide the List. ..... Waiting. {nm} Captain Obvious Apr 28, 15:29

You're hilarious. I asked first. You changed the subject. {nm} Antibody Apr 28, 15:32

his google searches came up empty but here's one - The Madness of King George {nm} Moviesnob Apr 28, 15:36

I haven't seen it, but seems more like a straight biopic Antibody Apr 28, 15:39

its more dramedy than comedy but theres a enough humor in it to qualify in this discussion {nm} Moviesnob Apr 28, 15:41

To me, this is the same thing as how I find The Producers hilarious and Life is Beautiful offensive bennyg1985 Apr 28, 15:19

They could just change the name of the President. {nm} Antibody Apr 28, 15:27

The Comedy 'Hogan's Heroes' was about a Nazi Concentration Camp (Prisoner Of War - POW Camp). {nm} Captain Obvious Apr 28, 15:29

Brooks is talking about death camps {nm} Moviesnob Apr 28, 15:38

Nobody Died in the Nazi POW Concentration Camps? {nm} Captain Obvious Apr 28, 15:50

not in Hogan's Heroes, no. In fact, HH's is criticized for trivializing what camps were really like Moviesnob Apr 28, 15:58

and thats not even getting into the difference between POW camps, where their main function was to house soldiers and put them to work Moviesnob Apr 28, 16:06

Amazing true fact: The guy who played LeBeau on Hogan's Heroes had been in a German concentration camp CG63 Apr 28, 22:59

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - mental illness {nm} IAM_rah Apr 28, 18:36

If this was a movie made mocking a person who died of AIDS, would there be a different reaction? {nm} Silverblue76 Apr 28, 15:31

Considering Reagan's deplorable record of failing to deal with the AIDS epidemic I have zero sympathy with him or his family. {nm} hyperzeitgeist Apr 28, 15:35

"When AIDS was Funny". Reagan administration's chilling response to the AIDS crisis... hyperzeitgeist Apr 28, 15:42

+1. {nm} Captain Obvious Apr 28, 15:51

So the families of the 45+ Million People Worldwide with Alzheimer’s deserve to be mocked & belittled because of Reagan? {nm} Silverblue76 Apr 28, 21:18

I watched my grandfather die of it, now I'm watching my father die of it. There's absolutely nothing funny about Alzheimer’s. {nm} Silverblue76 Apr 28, 21:18

The PC Police and SJWs have ruined comedy. Yes, there's a small (but vocal) group that this will offend, but it COULD entertain even more. {nm} skamanfu Apr 28, 15:40

You don't have to be PCP or SJW to find the concept to be in bad taste. I can see the potential for it to be irreverently funny, but, it's edzep - Port Monkey! Apr 28, 15:47

Thjey made fun of Reagan's Alzheimer's while he was still alive.... RazorHawk Apr 28, 16:04

They were mocking his selective memory, RE: Iran-Contra, not Alzheimer's, which to my knowledge had not been diagnosed in the early 80's, {nm} hyperzeitgeist Apr 28, 16:16

What is that? A British puppet show? {nm} Antibody Apr 28, 16:20

It's called Spitting Image. It was a satire show that ran through most of the 80's using latex puppets.Although that excerpt was from a show hyperzeitgeist Apr 28, 16:26

You lived through the 80's Anti.... you saw that puppet here... RazorHawk Apr 28, 16:30

Oh wow.. I remember that now. {nm} Dorfman Apr 29, 05:36

this seems like the occasion for which the term "too soon" was invented {nm} CG63 Apr 28, 23:00

Michael and Patti need to read up on the term "Streisand effect". {nm} davmoo Apr 29, 09:37