Naked Gun Series
There is a new Naked Gun film coming directed by Akiva Schaffer and starring Liam Neeson. I am both interested and apprehensive about seeing it. Neeson is a first rate dramatic actor who is also very effective in action roles (though I think he has not been selective enough about his material lately) but I have rarely seen in him a comedy and never as a lead. But hopefully they come up with something memorable. Recently I showed my kids the original Police Squad TV series and the trilogy of films which I think are the gold standard of the format the ZAZ (the Zucker brother and Jim Abrahams) perfected. Their films and shows present plots but as a clotheslines for comedic gags and puns that break all narrative convention. Their characters are presented as mostly straightforward (but also more than a little foolish) who let the craziness around them define them as opposed to chasing laughs with big acting moments. Spoilers below Police Squad (1982) Police Squad, which debuted in 1