M-hall should have gone on to be an oscar winning actor. So what went wrong? Even his against-type performance in Edward Scissorhands was amazingly powerful.
What's more, he's arguably the greatest screen comedian of the 80s. If you think that's hyperbole then please rethink his turn in Weird Science.
My theory is that in the late '80s, he started playing against type in every way he could. It almost appeared that he would just go to the trouble of getting a part for any movie that wasn't of a geek, but didn't really look for actual quality. Most of these movies bombed, and he disappeared for two years to take care of his drinking problem. By then, he had started to push into obscurity, and the damage was done. This could have very well been remedied had deals to be in "Full Metal Jacket" not fallen out.
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