In the same article, the filmmakers themselves acknowledge the “slippery slope argument” the idea that, by creating a digital likeness of Peter Cushing in Rogue One, they have potentially opened the door for more films to employ digital reproductions of deceased actors.īut if this is a slippery slope, it’s one Hollywood has been heading down for decades. Slammed as “a giant breach of respect for the dead” by The Huffington Post, Tarkin’s revival has been treated as a breakthrough that presents new, interesting questions and challenges for filmmakers and audiences to grapple with.ĭave Itzkoff’s in-depth article for The New York Times about the process of bringing Tarkin back to life places the film at the centre of a “postmodern debate about the ethics of prolonging the life span of a character and his likeness beyond that of the actor who originated the role”. Warning: This article contains spoilers for Rogue One.įor all of Rogue One’s many talking points, it’s the digital resurrection of Peter Cushing as Grand Moff Tarkin that has generated the most heated discussion. Moe had to say stuff like "Where's that chowderhead Shemp?", when in the past he would have just said, "Where's that other chowderhead?" That had to have been excruciating for him.Īnd, as has been pointed out, the excuse for Shemp not being in the first scene (the note saying he went down to the restaurant early) is really lame.The debate supposedly sparked by the appearance of Grand Moff Tarkin in Rogue One has actually been going on for decades. The worst thing is the overuse of Shemp's name in the new footage, making the whole pretense all the more obvious and unconvincing. What's really sad, though, is that said "Shemping" isn't even the worst thing about these shorts. Overall, I don't feel Palma deserves much credit OR blame for the whole thing. I think it says something about the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of Palma's "Shemping", though, that its use sharply and consistently decreased over the course of the 4 shorts. Of course, back when people only saw these in the theater and couldn't re-watch and scrutinize them like we can now, the whole Palma stand-in thing probably succeeded in fooling a lot of viewers. as if the previous shorts that heavily recycled old footage weren't bad enough. Somebody refers to the Stooges as gentlemen, and the Stooges respond by asking "Who came in?" and looking behind them.Īh, yes, the Shempless Shemp shorts. When the Stooges are trying to come up with an idea, either Larry or the third Stooge exclaims "I got it! I got it!" Moe excitedly asks "What?!", and the Stooge responds "A terrific headache!" Mistaking a shadow of blinds on the wall for a windowĪ Stooge sees a shadow of blinds on a wall and, thinking it's an actual window, tries to jump out of it and bangs his head on the wall.the Stooges flip a bowl of fruit at a palace guard, who gets splatted with the fruit and also gets a banana in the mouth. The Stooges disguise as one tall man by standing on each other's shoulders inside of a big jacket, with one Stooge on top with his head sticking out of top the jacket.Īn opera tenor is stopped from singing by the Stooges flipping grapes/cherries/etc. The customer gets the wrong idea and thinks that the cafe's hot dogs are made out of real dogs.Īfter the Stooges wake up in the morning, they take off their pajamas and reveal that they already have their clothes on under it. In a cafe, a chef runs out of the kitchen chasing a dog past a customer sitting at a table, who is waiting for hot dogs. When the Stooges are asleep, somebody says "Breakfast!" and the Stooges instantly wake up.
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