What was with the -wise at the end of every word? That got very annoying very quickly. Billy Wilder's better than that.
I want the doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from inside as well.
I thought it was funny and amusing, humor-wise.
shareIt was a parody of corporate-speak at the time, the equivalent of a '90s movie featuring businesssmen throwing around the words "synergy" and "paradigm" endlessly.
shareAnd don't forget the way 'like' is every second word now. I am just waiting for a parody of that!
shareYou mean, like, parody-wise?
shareLike parody-wise, like that.
shareOscar-wise, the Academy voted to "The Apartment" its "Best Original Screenplay" award for 1960.
Even the Academy rarely awards the Oscar to a "stupid" script.
Wilder knows that adding "wise" to the end of whatever you are saying to try to sound smart is really stupid. That is why he does it; to show that it is a lazy thing to do.
shareBut they overdid it.
shareThat was the point!!!!!
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I know what the point was. I understand they're satirizing big business conventions. It's rather clever, but even a clever device can be overused to the point where it ceases to be clever and instead becomes an annoying mannerism.
That is the case here, in my opinion. It's a fairly minor point, however. I still think it's a good film.