Happy Naked Gun Day if you're celebrating. Unless it sucks then I'll look back on this post, probably delete it and abolish Naked Gun Day. Friendship is my favorite comedy of the decade, so far. Here's hoping Naked Gun is better.
Tim Robinson is such a natural at comedy. Dude was born for it or, if he wasn't, then some force or energy made sure he was eventually molded for it. His instincts are so keen for comic timing, almost excruciatingly so. Hell, he even looks funny and seems to be very aware of that, which gives him a great screen presence. There are moments in Friendship where I laugh simply because of how he walks or when he does the slightest movements of his face. It helps that he has a specific voice he does that's also, again, hahaha, very funny. The way he fucking says "It's not coming back" in regards to his Wife's cancer is the perfect line delivery to kick off the movie's tone. Even the editing is funny with two very memorable uses of an iris transition, the latter of which fucking demolishes me. Concepts that aren't even spelled out or explicitly acknowledged are funny after the fact: the idea of a Welcome Home Party for a woman who just got saved from the sewer (where she had her first orgasm in months). No hyperbole: nearly every minute has me fighting for air.
This is where I come to an impasse.
I've had trouble writing about Friendship because there's not much to write about. I love this movie as much as I do because it's so funny. That's it. It's just a collection of well-strung bits executed at the highest level, with a perfect cast. Not a single attempt to get a laugh fails. It also looks great and has a pleasantly loose narrative running through an absorbing character study. There's so much to be said about the politics of male interactions, social expectations, etc. but that's not what I keep coming back to this movie for. I find immense joy in its comedy.
So I mean, yeah, I could just summarize every comedic bit or quote every line and say, predictably, "that was funny, this was funnier, etc." but that's not compelling. So
MY BOO LYRICS
[Intro]
Boy, you should know that
I've got you on my mind
Your secret admirer
I've been watching you
[Chorus]
At night I think of you
I want to be your lady, maybe
If your game is on give me a call, boo
If your lovin' strong, gonna give my all to you
At night I think of you
I want to be your lady, maybe
If your game is on give me a call, boo
If your love is strong gonna give my all to you
[Verse 1]
Every day I pray my heart can win
Every night I pray I can call you my man (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
I need you, I want you, to have you, hold you, squeeze you
So I'm going out every weekend just to see my boo again
[Chorus]
At night I think of you
I want to be your lady, maybe
If your game is on give me a call, boo
If your love is strong, gonna give my all to you
At night I think of you
I want to be your lady, maybe
If your game is on give me a call, boo
If your love is strong gonna give my all to you
[Verse 2]
These feelings I have for you can go deeper if you can come
Correct with your game boy (No, no), no, you can't be lame, boy
But if you can please me then my love will come easy
I'll do anything you want, freak me boy, I'm thinking of you
[Chorus]
At night I think of you
I want to be your lady, maybe
If your game is on give me a call, boo
If your lovin' strong, gonna give my all to you
At night I think of you
I want to be your lady, maybe
If your game is on give me a call, boo
If your love is strong, gonna give my all to you
[Bridge]
Boy you've got all I need from what I see
And boy every night I am constantly thinking of you
[Chorus]
At night I think of you
I want to be your lady, maybe
If your game is on give me a call, boo
If your lovin' strong, gonna give my all to you
At night I think of you
I want to be your lady, maybe
If your game is on give me a call, boo
If your love is strong, gonna give my all to you
[Outro]
At night I think of you
I want to be your lady, maybe
If your game is on give me a call, boo
If your love is strong, gonna give my all to you
At night I think of you
I want to be your lady, maybe
If your game is on give me a call, boo
If your love is strong, gonna give my all to you
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