FUNNY PEOPLE

I don’t know what you’d call this, maybe a movie pun or something. But Funny People goes The Whole Nine Yards. Adam Sandler was in them both, aint it “maite”? So, I’m sure I need someone to figure out what figure of speech to call that sentence, but not until you hear what I have to say.

I was a bit late on the Funny People train. I did my private screening in July 2010. The movie came out I think sometimes in 2009, and I remember doing a ‘review’ on it. Now, doing a review in Nigeria most times (and a little bit for me) means that I glean information from the www and try to mold it to my taste. Your summary and imagination skills have to be up Everest to embark on that, or you’d just foul up the whole thing. I will try

to look for what I did then, and compare it to how I feel about the movie after watching it. That should show me how ‘imaginarily good’ I may be.

So, what’s with The Whole Nine Yards and Funny People? It isn’t much but first you must see the former as just a sentence. No, not just a sentence, but the figurative meaning, which by now should be clicking off somehow, except you have need to brush up your Ingles. It could be today’s homework. Lo neccessito. Been working on the Spanish. Funny People, the movie, brings a lot to the table. It explores a wide range of subject matter, and if a viewer hasn’t allowed the crassness to get in the way of reason, you should have noticed it all. There’s the rib-cracking humour, not clean definitely, but definitely some sort of pointer as to what obtains in the real world. We all swear once in a while. As a matter of fact, not too long ago, I was pretty good at mixing-in the f-word in my sentences. Funny People goes beyond that, and is a bit on the heavy side, admittedly. It is Adam Sandler, after all.

Star power as a means of getting laid is also showcased. Girls want to fuck the famous guys (except my own girlfriend…okay, okay, yours too) and the famous guys take advantage. I mean, who sees free punani and exits the scene, if you are not me? And like George said, they often leave disappointed. I’m still trying to figure it out – do girls imagine that the more famous you are, the better you are in bed? Or is it just curiosity that makes them leave all sense behind, open their legs (Lola Ogunwole style) and reach for the stars. Well, sorta.

Love, uhm, tricky subject huh? The not-very-stable or the stable, soose ya soice? I learnt a very valuable lesson personally. It is okay to be crazy or insane, as funnily creative people get called these days. You also have to show some level of stability, maturity, and seriousness. A few times is all that’s needed. A girl that’ll roll with you eventually needs to see some sort of balance to your personality. You might be fun, but life isn’t gonna be all about fun and craziness and stuff, all the time. A girl needs to know you’ll be there, and not hop on to the next fun person as you please. That is why Laura, despite being head over heels with George opts for the stability of her marriage, her kids and ultimately Clark. I just love Eric Bana’s Australian accent.

Jealousy is oft hidden, especially among friends. My friend’s got a girlfriend and she’s so fine. I should be happy for him and I am in a way. I just wish they’d break up tomorrow. Sorry. My friend’s bought this amazing new thing. I hope it breaks and disintegrates like already. There are many more examples like that. Someone else’s successes, especially when we are uptight with that person sometimes upset us. We can’t help it. We are wired to be like that, especially when it’s something you feel you can do too. I can do that, I don’t know how he got in over me. Step up Ira, Chuck and Leo.

True friendship isn’t left out too. Ira’s standing-up to George despite the fact that it might cost him an elevated living, is a valuable lesson. If you think you are friends, then you gotta stand up to his face, rightt? And open your mouth wide, yes, open that mouth God gave you wide, and say to him. You go ahead and say to him, “dude, you are wrong man.” You owe it to your friendship.

All these messages and some more I may have missed, are they not chronicled in the movie itself? If you’ve seen and missed them, you might do well to see it again. If you’ve not, then try see it. A very important aside – do not be offended!