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Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch
Ackroyd is overrated in the extreme. Everything funny that Dan Ackroyd has ever done was funny in spite of, not because of, his performance. “Trading Places” is the only exception. But I defy you to note any difference in his characterization of Raymond Stantz, Joe Friday, Elwood Blues and Beldar Conehead. It’s basically all Beldar Conehead without prosthetics. How many times must we see him rattle off lines in a terse, monotonous faux-cerebral way? He plays everything like a dumb person’s idea of a smart person.
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Blues Brothers, Ghostbusters, and Spies Like Us (a terribly underrated movie). He may have played the same guy often, but he had a great run. Hell, I even watched Doctor Detroit all the way through at some point last year, and that movie was atrocious.
If the only thing he ever did was Trading Places, he should be able to retire rich, fat, and happy with our undying gratitude.
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Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch
And fuck that article for telling me that blonde was Phil Hartman’s wife. And, always and forever, double-fuck Phil Hartman’s wife.
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Yez.
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