Comments on: “Take My Wives… Please” http://bycommonconsent.com/2008/08/14/%e2%80%9ctake-my-wives%e2%80%a6-please%e2%80%9d/ A Mormon Blog Fri, 01 Jun 2012 20:55:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Monk http://bycommonconsent.com/2008/08/14/%e2%80%9ctake-my-wives%e2%80%a6-please%e2%80%9d/#comment-95302 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:45:43 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=4065#comment-95302 I thought the movie was funny and I didn’t mind that it was full of confusion, early Mormon history is full of confusion if you ask me.

]]> By: samson http://bycommonconsent.com/2008/08/14/%e2%80%9ctake-my-wives%e2%80%a6-please%e2%80%9d/#comment-95301 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:26:59 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=4065#comment-95301 It’s just the back view of Rodney in the thong and it is too funny to describe

]]> By: JA Benson http://bycommonconsent.com/2008/08/14/%e2%80%9ctake-my-wives%e2%80%a6-please%e2%80%9d/#comment-95300 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:51:31 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=4065#comment-95300 #21 no-man
ditto

]]> By: no-man http://bycommonconsent.com/2008/08/14/%e2%80%9ctake-my-wives%e2%80%a6-please%e2%80%9d/#comment-95299 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:30:31 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=4065#comment-95299 –The movie is rated R presumably for sexual innuendo and also for a brief scene of Dangerfield and his wives in thong bikinis.–

Nothing you could say could convince me to watch a movie with Rodney Dangerfield in a thong bikini.

]]> By: The Right Trousers http://bycommonconsent.com/2008/08/14/%e2%80%9ctake-my-wives%e2%80%a6-please%e2%80%9d/#comment-95298 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:31:17 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=4065#comment-95298 #16, #18: By mentioning Galaxy Quest explicitly, you two ruined the comedic tension we were building. I’m afraid we’ll have to reconsider your roles as the plucky comic relief.

Rickman was fantastic. “By Grabthar’s hammer… what a savings.” If I hadn’t been laughing so hard I would have died of empathetic despair. A great movie masquerading as a bad one… genius.

]]> By: samson http://bycommonconsent.com/2008/08/14/%e2%80%9ctake-my-wives%e2%80%a6-please%e2%80%9d/#comment-95279 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:42:08 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=4065#comment-95279 I saw the movie and absolutely loved it, mostly for the jokes and the all-over Rodney feeling of fun. He was the best. As for the unreality of which religion they were mocking, this was filmed before Big Love and maybe they were afraid of offending the main stream LDS-ers like Rodney’s wife. He probably got the idea from her background (or his own fantasies) and just played with it. I liked some of the other cast as well, but it was really a treat seeing Rodney and the thong scene is one I will never forget. And the “what is it, a pumpkin?” comment about Rodney’s butt was hilarious. I liked the big fat guy too whoever he was. Really a fun escape of a movie in a lot of ways.

]]> By: Phouchg http://bycommonconsent.com/2008/08/14/%e2%80%9ctake-my-wives%e2%80%a6-please%e2%80%9d/#comment-95280 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:13:24 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=4065#comment-95280 16-By Grabthar’s hammer, by the suns of Warvan, you shall be avenged!

]]> By: Joe Geisner http://bycommonconsent.com/2008/08/14/%e2%80%9ctake-my-wives%e2%80%a6-please%e2%80%9d/#comment-95297 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:42:24 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=4065#comment-95297 John,

You are absolutely correct. The entire Vegas thing was wrong. The humor really was in the domestic stuff. Like I said I was fantasizing about the wives and me in the celestial kingdom. Oh how one’s mind can wonder.

]]> By: Ray http://bycommonconsent.com/2008/08/14/%e2%80%9ctake-my-wives%e2%80%a6-please%e2%80%9d/#comment-95296 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:36:22 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=4065#comment-95296 #12 & #13 – I kept waiting for a Galaxy Quest reference. My disappointment was crushing and almost turned me inside-out.

]]> By: John Hamer http://bycommonconsent.com/2008/08/14/%e2%80%9ctake-my-wives%e2%80%a6-please%e2%80%9d/#comment-95295 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:26:22 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/?p=4065#comment-95295 In response to My 5 Wives’ defenders. I like Rodney Dangerfield; he’s a funny guy. I actually think the concept of this movie has a lot of potential for hilarity. The problem is that as soon as Dangerfield’s married his fifth wife, the exploration of the main concept is out the door.

They immediately goto Vegas and unhilarity ensues. Suddenly we have a completely gratuitous counterfeiting subplot which lands Dangerfield in jail. At this point his wives have become a commando team and there’s no further exploration of the potential humor of having Dangerfield and 5 wives in domestic circumstances.

I think the Vegas/mobster subplot could have been reasonably worked in as a general contrast between Mormon Utah and Mobster Nevada, but as it was, it’s just one more thing in the mish-mash, like the ski chase at the end.

So, yes, Dangerfield is funny here, but I think he could have been a lot funnier.

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