This is Episode 8: Ant-Man
As per our discussion on the main pod, there have been a total of ___4___ characters to go by the name Ant-Man. They are:
1. Hank Pym
2. Scott Lang
3. Eric O’Grady – low level SHIELD guy who stole the suit and eventually was a member of the Thunderbolt.
4. Zayn Asghar – Ant-Man on Earth 14381 in the year 2549.
Topics of Discussion
What makes a heist film funny?
In Community Season 6, there is a brilliant episode called “Grifting 101”. The premise of the episode is this class is there and taught by a con-man played by the brilliant Matt Berry. Several members of the main cast take his class, an actual con where they give him money to learn nonsense and by take are being grifted. They turn to Jeff Winger, a failed lawyer to fight back. After watch The Sting.
Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con. Following the murder of a mutual friend, aspiring con man Johnny Hooker teams up with old pro Henry Gondorff to take revenge on the ruthless crime boss responsible, Doyle Lonnegan. Hooker and Gondorff set about implementing an elaborate scheme, one so crafty that Lonnegan won't even know he's been swindled. As their big con unfolds, however, things don't go according to plan, requiring some last-minute improvisation by the undaunted duo.
Robert Redford and Paul Newman are masterful.
Community gang then does an homage to the Sting themselves.
According to Duncan Campbell, “The heist films permit us to live vicariously as criminals: exciting risk-takers who break the law without hurting anyone. This victimlessness – or as close to it as possible – is crucial in the mythologizing of a heist.”
Premise of Discussion
So, why is it that we root for Ant-Man? What about the humor makes this film work in ways that it would not without the humor found in it?
What are your thoughts? Tell US!!!
Notfunnyguys.offthereels@gmail.com
Hit us up on Instagram @Not_Funny_Guys_ Presents
and
Twitter @NotFunnyGuysPod
and coming soon
BlueSky!
Stay Strange, Keep Asking Questions
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
