Actually, a while back when he was younger, Steve Martin was probably one of
the ONLY modern comedians in the world who could have MAYBE played the
Court Jester ALMOST^_~ as well as Danny Kaye (I'd say that Steve Martin's
getting a bit long in the tooth these days, though! ^_~). I love Steve Martin's work
especially in A Simple Twist of Fate, which was not a comedy but had several
excellent comedic moments, and in which he played somebody caring/loving/gentle
(and potentially even "romantic" etc.) AND funny (that kind of thing was also a big
part of Danny Kaye's style, although NOBODY, but NOBODY, could EVER do
any of it QUITE LIKE Danny Kaye! ^_^ he really was one of the greats! ^_^
brilliant! ^_^). Steve Martin in Roxanne (even longer ago, when he was even
younger ^_~) was also playing that sort of style, only funnier and sillier
(he almost WAS^_~ a kind of "court jester" character in that movie! ^_~).
I think that the people who think that Jim Carrey is right for The Secret Life of
Walter Mitty (the older version of which also starred Danny Kaye) are probably
thinking along the lines of casting someone DIFFERENT from Danny Kaye
(for instance, because James Thurber, the author, supposedly thought
that Danny Kaye was all wrong for that part in the first place [see Trivia etc.
for that movie]). But what I=^__^= purr=^__^=sonally think^_^ is this:
NO DANNY KAYE MOVIE WOULD EVER HAVE BEEN HALF AS
GOOD/SPECIAL/ETC. WITHOUT DANNY KAYE!!! =^__^=
(He always^_^ brought that special^_^ touch to all^_^ his movies. ^_^
[And also, that particular^_^ OLD^_^ CLASSIC^_^ brand of zany^_~
(another word for a jester ^_~) comedy^_~ is just simply one of
my=^__^= FAVORITE^_^ styles^_^ in the whole world!!! =^__^=])
DANNY^_^ KAYE^_^ FOREVER^_^!!! =^___^=
Kit =^___^=
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KitMagic
20 years ago
Bits of The Slipper and the Rose (1976, Richard Chamberlain) remind me a little
of the style of The Court Jester (no, not THAT zany^_~ etc., but cute comedy
coupled with clever lyrics, and about courts/kingdoms/etc. [yes, I=^__^= AM^_^
using lots^_^ of^_^ c's^_^ on purpose!!! I=^__^= love^_^ alliteration^_^!!!
and so does whoever wrote the lyrics for The Slipper and the Rose!!! ^_^]).
Anyway, that's only 20 years later, so it's not "now" either. (Bottom line,
they just don't make 'em like that any more...sigh.)
Kit =^__^= (I=^__^= love^_^ older^_^ movies^_^!!! [well, some^_^ of^_^ my=^__^=
favorites^_^ are kind of middle-aged, actually (and^_~ about the Middle Ages!!! ^_~)]
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