The King of Comedy - Jerry Lewis, Robert DeNiro
Jerry Lewis' The King of Comedy is not the typical Jerry Lewis movie. It's not a comedy, it's not for the children. It's a very dark comedy (although rated PG), looking at the behind-the-scenes life of Jerry Langford (played straight, and brilliantly, by Jerry Lewis), a talk-show host similar to Johnny Carson. Langford is not a likeable fellow - he's rude, arrogant, conceited, and dismissive of everyone else -- when he's not on camera. The basic plot involves an obsessed fan of Langford's, played brilliantly by a yound Robert DeNiro, who ultimately kidnaps Langford -- in exchange for doing a comedy monologue on Langford's nightly show. It's a very dark movie, looking at Hollywood behind the scenes -- and it's not a nice view at all, although riveting. It's not the normal Jerry Lewis movie at all, but definitely worth watching.Posted by Tom Raymond, aka Raynbow on 06/17 at 03:17 PM