Sean@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat is your favorite older movie that could NEVER get made in this day and age?message-squaremessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down16
arrow-up166arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your favorite older movie that could NEVER get made in this day and age?Sean@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-squareScrewthehole@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoIt’s not my favourite now, but there was a time in my youth, Ace Ventura is definitely on this list!
minus-squareSean@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·1 year agoI was more of a Dumb & Dumber guy, but ace is a classic. “Finkle is Einhorn? EINHORN IS FINKLE!”
minus-squarekrashmo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoWhat’s the issue with Ace Ventura? I don’t recall any poorly aged jokes or anything like that but it’s been a while since I’ve seen it.
minus-squarefamousringo@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down2·1 year agoTransphobia was a punchline in basically every 90s comedy.
minus-squarekrashmo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoHmm. I remember a lot more gay jokes than trans jokes but I’m sure they were there too.
minus-squareScrewthehole@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·1 year agoOh man. Twenty guys puking because the woman is a man… For starters
minus-squarekryptonicus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoTo be fair, that scene was just as much an attempt to parody the scene from “The Crying Game”, as it was straight up transphobia. But regardless, it doesn’t sit right today.
It’s not my favourite now, but there was a time in my youth, Ace Ventura is definitely on this list!
I was more of a Dumb & Dumber guy, but ace is a classic.
“Finkle is Einhorn? EINHORN IS FINKLE!”
What’s the issue with Ace Ventura? I don’t recall any poorly aged jokes or anything like that but it’s been a while since I’ve seen it.
Transphobia was a punchline in basically every 90s comedy.
Hmm. I remember a lot more gay jokes than trans jokes but I’m sure they were there too.
Oh man. Twenty guys puking because the woman is a man… For starters
To be fair, that scene was just as much an attempt to parody the scene from “The Crying Game”, as it was straight up transphobia. But regardless, it doesn’t sit right today.