Movie Suggestion: There's Something About Mary

I watch so many comedies throughout my life I figured picking one for class would be easy.  However, I actually found this task particularly challenging.  There are millions of comedies out there but picking one to apply to our class just perplexed me.  I soon could not remember any movies I had ever watched.  I decided to ask my roommates and the first thing that came to their minds was There’s Something About Mary.

Even though this movie was made in 1998, I had not even heard of it until my freshman year of college (2011) from my roommate.  She was describing the movie to me and all I could think of was how dumb it was going to be.  It seemed immature and silly, but I guess that is partly why it is so funny.  If you’ve never heard of it, instead of me summarizing everything, here is a trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGjXwDYpOLE

            This movie connects to our class in a couple of ways. First off it has aspects of romance.  There is a guy chasing a girl the entire movie with what seems to be a futile attempt. However, in the end (SPOILER ALERT) he get’s the girl.  Up until last week with The Beaver Coat, all of the comedies we had read ended with some sort of pairing of individuals in a romantic sense.  Also, one of the reasons the movie is funny is because of how the events occur.  Every action is just so ridiculous and out there that it makes you laugh.  That is true of the majority of the plays we have read as well.  The carnival plays we read were all absurd in the fact that none of them would actually happen.  The actions of Adam in The Broken Jug, the movie version, are similar just because of how rashly he acts.  Also, there is devious behavior throughout the movie.  Multiple men lie and sneak around trying to court Mary, which is once again true of much of what we have read. Overall, when I first heard of this movie, I thought it would be unentertaining, but when I watched it I couldn’t stop laughing.  It will surprise you.