Two Idiots – Both Lovable

Remember how as kids we would actually do what the kids of today   SMS each other - ROTFL (Roll On The Floor Laughing). This while watching the antics of the Two Stooges - Oliver and Hardy. Wow who can forget the podgy and bullying Hardy and the lean though not mean simpleton, Laurel? What a laugh riot they were and to think most of their movies were of the voiceless variety!  Nevertheless their actions read antics spoke volumes of the deafening kind. Good clean fun in the sun, right Hon?

Almost every movie of theirs had the inevitable custard pie or cake fight. It was hilarious to see how eventually every one in the room got caught in the frenzy, throwing yummy confectionery at each other. Scenes that took just not the cake but the entire bakery as well! They also loved dunking each other in water. Kitchen sinks, bath tubs, swimming pools, rivers any water body would do. Water crazy couple. They were gay without being gay and we could watch them all day.

Today that type of earthy country bumpkin humour has given way to  the more sophisticated urbane satirical type of humour. Now actors have to read not just the lines but between the lines too, if they are to effectively bond with the audience. The Slapstick genre will probably get you a slap on the face. Or a kick from Jackie Chan. See the type of humour doing the rounds on  and other social networking sites today. In days gone by, you would have been booked and made to do the rounds of the court! The magic of humour in movies now, has taken a back seat. It is the era of the Harry Potters and the Twilight sagas. I find it difficult to wolf down such ghoulish offerings. You could say it’s just not in my blood. Neither am I sying Hogwash or Hogwartz….

I was therefore pleasantly surprised to learn that the era of Stan Laurel has not quite ended. He is back in a new avatar. Yes reincarnation is not the prerogative of just the Dalai Lama. Don’t believe me? Look below and hail the Bruni  new Stan Laurel. Strike one for the resemblance!