Have you ever loved something, only to realize it’s a commercial flop or just obscure? What’s something that deserves more light than it got?
Have you ever loved something, only to realize it’s a commercial flop or just obscure? What’s something that deserves more light than it got?
Freddy Got Fingered.
It’s a practical joke disguised as a movie.
Though it has found a cult following since release, I don’t think it’s appreciated enough for how hilarious it is.
FGF is the quintessential 2000s artistic expression film. It speaks to the unrepresented young middle class male psyche, the underachiever adrift in a sea of mediocrity, the futility and burden of male ego. It tells the viewer their own ordinary story in extraordinary words, speaking truth to those who so often refuse to listen. The point of the film is not to shock, disgust, or entertain, but to inquire of the audience, “I’m here. I exist. Do you?” And it refuses to relent until the answer is unequivocally “Yes!”
In this 73 page essay I will…
I’m the backwards man, the backwards man, i can walk backwards faster than you can!
“I don’t want jewels… I just want to suck your cock.”
“I say Geneva, you hear Helsinki?!”
What a fun film.
FORTY MILLION FUCKING DEUTSCHEMARK BOB
“I only see one Lebaron, Freddy.”
Shashe? Japan Four.
I’m just glad I didn’t pay anything to see it. I made it until he started working at the sausage factory, as I recall. Stopped and deleted it. I guess I didn’t get it.
How does it compare to “Windy City Heat”?
I’ve never seen Windy City Heat, but judging by the synopsis I’d say it’s useless to compare.
There’s almost no element of the real world or real human reactions in FGF. It’s just a demented little universe where insaneo shit happens.
The practical joke in FGF’s case is on the studio that produced it and the audience watching it.
WCH sounds fucking awesome in its own right though, definitely checking that out.