Rhinestone, Oscar & Cease or My Mother Will Shoot: Stallone Comedies Revisited

In 1988, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s profession acquired an enormous increase with the discharge of his first comedy, Twins. An sudden smash hit, it opened up his profession to a complete new viewers, and for some time, he was capable of alternate comedies with motion motion pictures, leading to a big cross-over viewers that made a variety of his movies megahits. Sylvester Stallone seemingly needed to attempt the identical factor himself, with him signing on to do two back-to-back comedies in 1991 and 1992, John Landis’ Oscar and Cease or My Mother Will Shoot. Each movies had been flops (though Oscar is kind of good), and Sly would usually dismiss his foray into comedy within the years following.

On this episode of Sylvester Stallone Revisited, we dive into this maybe ill-advised however comprehensible foray and study a earlier brush with comedy, 1984’s Rhinestone. That film solid Sly as a New York taxi driver who’s become a rustic singer by none aside from Dolly Parton. Like Sly’s different comedies, it was a flop, and it’s arguably the toughest Stallone film to search out in his filmography. On this episode, we study why he made every film, however we additionally dig into whether or not any of the flicks have a saving grace, with two of them (Rhinestone and Oscar) not fairly as unhealthy as their reputations recommend.

This episode of Sylvester Stallone Revisited is written and narrated by Chris Bumbray, and edited by Invoice Mazzola. Tell us within the feedback what you consider Sly’s comedies.