tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post8031732287333648915..comments2024-03-27T09:00:32.195-05:00Comments on The Signal Watch: 80's Watch: Running Scared (1986)The Leaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-64709409142437553822023-01-21T09:39:30.956-06:002023-01-21T09:39:30.956-06:00"My fellow Dutchmen, be aware! Great comedy ..."My fellow Dutchmen, be aware! Great comedy will be presented through the antics of American policemen who will sometimes be in their underwear (but not always, just upon occasion)."<br /><br />Yeah, Billy Crystal knowing he'd be shirtless in the movie led to some interesting choices.The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-55870076365690044592023-01-21T06:32:51.094-06:002023-01-21T06:32:51.094-06:00Aych. Yes. That Latino angle is certainly rough. T...Aych. Yes. That Latino angle is certainly rough. There's probably some hint in that of "why is all the money and capital flowing out of our Rust Belt / East Coast cities to...(checks binder) a swamp?"<br /><br />BTW: This Dutch poster has some funny translation to it: "The Superdetectives of Chicago" would be the translation of the title. Only the adjective "Superbange" (Very scared) refers to the English title ("Running scared"). And it was worth calling out on the header blurb that sometimes they're standing in their underwear (underbroek). Like...not...really core to the plot?<br /><br />IIRC this movie also shows the incomprehensible ripness of Billy Crystal's abs at this point in history. Mr. Saturday night is downing creatine and doing extra sets, apparently.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04068217923979593122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-5429697903380282532023-01-19T13:15:34.994-06:002023-01-19T13:15:34.994-06:00It's not the Black/ White aspect of the film, ...It's not the Black/ White aspect of the film, which I suspect was probably written race neutral and never touched after to mention it. Instead, it's very "well, as you know, Latinos sell cocaine". Which may make the notion this may have been written as two white cops even worse, if true.The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08436027714538480582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294499213897153104.post-77512510700791649492023-01-19T12:54:30.352-06:002023-01-19T12:54:30.352-06:00Excellent well; thou art a cheese-monger!
I'v...Excellent well; thou art a cheese-monger!<br /><br />I've thought about this movie a lot, and I was definitely thinking about it a lot more after we saw "The Cotton Club" and I had a forced reminder of just how good Gregory Hines was as an actor (as a dancer, never in doubt).<br /><br />But yeah, not surprised to hear that the mixed race partnership steeped in 80's mores didn't transfer to the present ... awkwardly.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04068217923979593122noreply@blogger.com