Role Models Film Analysis

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The comedy I watched was called Role Models, which was directed by David Wain and released in 2008. The main actors/actresses/characters were Sean William Scott as Wheeler, Paul Rudd as Danny, Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Augie, and Bobb'e J. Thompson as Ronnie. This movie is about two guys named Wheeler and Danny who go around to schools promoting an energy drink and discouraging drugs, but Danny loses it during one of his speeches at a school and tries to leave but ends up getting in a fight with a tow truck driving, which resulted in him driving his truck into the school's statue. The only way for them to avoid jail is to do community service, and do big brother mentoring. Danny is assigned to Augie, a nerdy teen who would rather live in a fantasy world; and Wheeler is assigned to Ronnie, an out-of-control kid that no other volunteer could handle. The first type of humor I noticed was tension of opposites when Wheeler and Danny start their mentoring program. Danny is assigned to Augie, who is obsessed with a fantasy medieval battle game and wears a cape everywhere he goes. Wheeler is assigned to Ronnie, who uses tons of foul language and is always up to something. At first, they dread spending time with them; Ronnie is hard to keep under control because he's hyper and says a lot of inappropriate things, and all Augie wants to do is talk about the battle game he plays. Another type of humor used was slapstick. For example, when Danny gets into an argument with the tow truck driver, he gets into his truck and slams on his gas to pull on the tow truck, and ends up crashing into a statue. Later on, Wheeler goes to buy Ronnie some juice, and when he comes back, Ronnie decides to lock his car and drive off, and Wheeler chases the car around. We also see slapstick used when Danny joins Augie for his battle and refuses to bow down to the king, and ends up getting

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