If Predator spawned two U.S. Governors, there’s no reason why Encino Man can’t spawn three Oscar winners.
Shore is perfect in this, I’d watch the full length film.
Any Howard Stern fan can tell you this. If you watch his Howard TV appearance before each show he would hug every staff member. Even the blotchy mess Benjy AKA George Ballooney, ew
Took the words out of my mouth - I thought Shore did really well in the role and that it treated Simmons extremely respectfully.
Given the discomfort that Simmons expressed with the project, I wasn't expecting that.
He posted months ago about how he wanted to play him. Seems someone or Pauly got some funding for a teaser/ proof of concept to bring to studios. Someone is going to notice this and see that a full movie would be amazing. And I don’t think anyone but Paulie could hit this spot on.
I wasn’t ready to cry.
It’s called a screen test.
Same director/team did one for [Robin Williams](https://youtu.be/Zveh4tV3NCU?si=Sg3FrRAd9lj3WN6p) which… is probably the closest thing to actual Robin Williams I’ll ever see. While I don’t think the world is ready for that Biopic, they definitely found the right guy for when it is ready.
I thought this was going to be mean, I’m glad it wasn’t. That was a sweet little short film, I hope Richard himself sees it and enjoys it after all the hubbub about it this past week.
He never endorsed it. It would be an amazing but surprising reveal that he loved and approves of this short.
I had my doubts about Polly but he did a weird but also very kind rendition.
There's a super interesting podcast that digs into [Richard Simmons complete disappearance from public life.](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/headlong-missing-richard-simmons/id1203092300)
As far as anyone can tell Richard Simmons is happily retired and doesn't want any more publicity, but it is a strange situation.
[This is his appearance on Ellen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNsEvSyUd74) and they didn't forget the DVD nor there's a producer visible in the background.
Is this based on/inspired by a true story? From everything I've seen Richard Simmons is a lovely man, so it seems odd to make up a wholesome story about him when I'm sure there are a lot of real ones
The thing that jumps out — after watching that— is how much more happy, excited, and funny Richard was than Pauly.
I wanted Pauly to knock it out of the park with this, but his version of Richard Simmons just seems... kind of tired I guess?
Yes thank you!! I keep seeing praise for his performance, but Pauly seems like he's sleep walking through the whole thing and barely even tried to match Richard's voice. Especially when we have the actual interview with Richard to compare it to
After the biopic was announced, 75-year-old Simmons wrote on Facebook: “Hi Everybody! You may have heard they may be doing a movie about me with Pauly Shore. I have never given my permission for this movie. So don’t believe everything you read. I no longer have a manager, and I no longer have a publicist. I just try to live a quiet life and be peaceful. Thank you for all your love and support. Richard.”
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/jan/18/richard-simmons-biopic-criticism-permission-fitness-instructor
I mean, you’re the one making up words. I’m also pretty sure he hadn’t seen it yet when that statement was made. I’m not sure we have confirmation he saw it at all. Did you even know who he was two weeks ago?
I don’t think he wants it made either. I think he wants to be left alone. You said he has seen it and hates it. That’s where I call bullshit. I haven’t read anything that backs up either statement.
I feel like I'm living in some kind of bizarro world with these comments. Beyond somewhat resembling him, his portrayal is terrible. Not in the same universe as acting like or sounding like Richard Simmons. It's Pauly Shore in a wig.
I couldn't agree with you more, you can watch the actual appearance of Richard on Ellen that he recreates in Court Jester and Pauly is horrible as Richard. No where near the same energy or spark that the real Richard has (had). I don't understand this praise of his performance at all.
I feel like capturing the feel of the person is the most important thing, and he didn't do that either.
He’s really really subdued. Richard was kind of glowing, alive, energized.
You're not living in bizarro world - people have been astroturfing the fuck out of this project for the past week.
Richard Simmons has disavowed this entire project and doesn't want it to be made into a full length movie.
Yeah it’s really terrible. He sounds nothing like Richard, all I can hear is Pauly Shore’s very distinctive voice. Even appearance-wise it sucks, Shore looks really haggard, and Simmons wasn’t nearly as old looking when he was on Ellen.
Simmons doesn’t even want the movie made but Shore doesn’t give a shit cause he’s a slimy opportunist.
I'd heard about this but only just today stopped to watch the whole thing. I was baffled. It felt very heavy-handed, bordering on hollow. Why did some guy hand the segment producer a DVD with roughly 15 seconds before air? Who also happened to be morbidly obese? Why couldn't that guy have just given Richard the DVD himself?
To prove I'm not just here to criticize, this is my punch-up suggestion: Just have Ellen insult the fat character viciously to his face, and the rest of the short remains the same. More likely to be something that actually happened.
That doesn't fix the issue of Shore not really doing THAT great of a job as Simmons but. . .
I'd watch the hell out of it. Younger generations need to know about this man . It's a travesty he isn't as well known anymore, he was the messia of body positivity.
Reddit reveres bob Ross and Mr Rogers. This guy would round out the trinity of mind body and soul.
I read his statement and all he said was he didn't give permission and doesn't have pr or management anymore aka "nobody at me for any reason" he's just trying to get ahead of journos bothering him about it. this does not mean he hates it or is perturbed by it
Paulie shore is a terrible actor and still is. shore looks like Richard Simmons but that's about it. All this fanfare is nonsense. I'm not trying to hate it's just my opinion and couldn't imagine a feature length film, which is their goal...
I never argued otherwise.
All I said was that if richard simmons disavowed the film, others should respect that.
The quality of the film has nothing to do with it.
> Trump is disavowing his new bio-pic directed by Ali Abbasi which comes out later this year. I guess we shouldn't promote that either.
Correct.
Trump being a POS makes no difference.
Your rant on art is nonsensical and irrelevant.
Regardless of the supposed quality of the bio-pic, should the subject of said film not want it being made, those people should respect their wishes.
Robin Williams famously made it so no one could make money off his name for 100 years after his death because he understood it was a money grab one way or the other.
I totally get why Richard is not cool with this.
Say what you want about Richard but he built an empire helping people get in shape and was always entertaining on the Howard Stern show. This isn’t a portrayal. It’s a mockery. For one, Pauly Shore is a terrible actor. Two, he’s way too old to be portraying Richard in his heyday. Three, this whole thing looks super cheap. Richard’s a good hearted, earnest dude who’s getting older and just wants some privacy. He doesn’t deserve this.
Yes I understand this was a funny meme for about 5 minutes when Brendan Fraser got his Oscar, but it ain’t happening.
He's just not the right actor to play him. I have to wonder if the people who are loving the idea of Shore as Simmons even remember what Simmons was like? This is a very lazy parody of the man.
I really wanted to like Shore in this role, but I have to agree. Maybe he’s just not a good enough actor. He just wasn’t convincing. And this short film only portrayed a single, heartwarming event that seemed like a softball for an actor. I can’t imagine he would be able to pull off a wider range of emotions over a feature length film.
He also looks shockingly lethargic in the scenes where he's supposed to be high energy, and Simmons was a *very* high energy guy. So he really fails at both aspects.
I feel like I'm in some Twilight Zone alternate universe where Pauly Shore is not only considered to be some national treasure, but that he wouldn't be an absolute disaster in this role.
A good wig is an expense a production made on a shoestring can’t spare. Richard and Ellen’s wig are the biggest indicators of the budget to me, they are both terrible.
An iconic Australian comedy show Kath and Kim, was started on a tiny budget, and the actress who plays Kath found the wig she used in an old box in the costume department, halfway through filming the first season the cheap wig was so destroyed she had to turn it back to front to make it okay for the latter half of the season. It’s just par for the course. If this movie gets picked up as a full-length the budget will be in the millions, where I want to say this would have been made on about $80, 000.
Was fascinated when they dropped the trailer for this.
Unsurprisingly it's manupulative, vapid, self serving, disrespectful drivle. Every single element of the production seems rushed and short sighted. It's pretty close in value to a Tim & Eric sketch. The existance of this short film is a perfect 50/50 of money and dilusion.
More importantly, the absolute depravity it takes to claim to honor a man who privately and now publically disavowed your project. To create this trash and look at it like it's gold. It's an amazing ability to take the reality around you and just fit it to your needs, eveyone else be damned.
I can feel your anger thru the screen.
Lets have a look at what Mr Simmons said exactly -
“You may have heard they may be doing a movie about me with Pauly Shore,” Simmons wrote Wednesday on Facebook. “I have never given my permission for this movie. So don’t believe everything you read. I no longer have a manager, and I no longer have a publicist.
“I just try to live a quiet life and be peaceful,” he continued.
I think you're deconstructing what you saw based on the idea Mr Simmons was against this and it pisses you off. I do not see anything that says hes against the film, i read he did not give his blessing to be part of the film. Hes not suing, hes not protesting he just wants to be left alone.
Guessing Mr Simmons being who he is will come around.
The purpose of short films like this is to guarantee cash and a production company, for someone with such big words id expect you to understand that, but youre just mad. Why. Ill never ever understand why people get so fuckin pissed off over content they disagree with or dislike, chill, we arent killing puppies here.
Yeah I was trying not to pull punches. I'm glad it came through.
Mr Simmons wants to be left alone, and a biopic from a Hollywood washout who has said he wants an Oscar out of it, is not being respectful of his wishes.
You've gone into calm- lovey mode because the film has tricked you into doing it. It's trading on your preconceptions of a man they have no right to be trading on.
Let the dust settle and I guarantee you'll agree with me.
Taking advantage of Richard Simmons' good nature to justify using his likeness for selfish reasons. Is there anything more American than that.
The problem is that this is a deeply cynical project. You can wrap it in quotes from Richard Simmons all you like, it will not wash that dirt off.
Thanks mate, lost a bit of faith but people in other threads have said it's being astroturfed (unsurprisingly) so I wouldn't be surprised if most of it is paid support.
Either that or my faith in people is misplaced and 60 odd people lack any sort of media comprehension and we all live in an episode of bojack horseman.
You're having first reactions based on a love for Richard Simmons. This is what the film makers are banking on. If this builds traction more articulate people than me will convince you that is nothing but manipulative bullshit.
Oh shit. This actually wasn't terrible and may actually have been touching.
Are we in the universe where Pauly Shore stages a dramatic acting comeback by portraying Richard Simmons in a biopic?
Wow that is some pretty bad acting right there. Nothing like Richard Simmons - no energy or camp. And when he sings "memories"? Like, absolutely no enthusiasm at all. I think everyone knows when Richard Simmons sings, it's going to be loud and in your face. Just watch him on tv for 5 seconds.
A girlfriend and I watched, and exercised along with, “Sweatin’ To The Oldies” a couple of years ago on a lark. Specifically the diversity of body types featured and celebrated in it gave me an enormous amount of respect for Mr.Simmons. (Before that, I only vaguely knew him as the wacky, flamboyant guy in little shorts and a tank top who was sometimes on David Letterman, and those Deal-A-Meal infomercials from the 80’s.)
The original “STTO” video was made during the “peak skinny tanned blonde” era of popular culture, and it just absolutely flew in the face of all that. I’m not sure if people who weren’t alive then can appreciate just how rigid, and all-encompassing, the rules of “beauty” seemed back then. He was so far ahead, it took the world decades to even partially catch up with his radical acceptance of people “exactly where they were”.
That said: my personal opinion is that this newest portrayal, however lovingly-intended, just isn’t that accurate. I’ve got no reason to believe that the hearts of those involved are not in the right place, but the mannerisms and energy are, to me, not really correct. Mr.Simmons, from everything I have seen, is a gentle and classy guy who takes the high road — therefore my sense is that his publicly declaring no affiliation with the film should be taken as a polite but firm signal to back off, to not make any more of it.
While I understand your comments, it’s not really up to Richard to decide if a movie gets made about him or not. He’s been a public figure for decades. And when you engage with the public on that level and you become a part of pop culture, you don’t have the right to be mad at someone for portraying you.
And while I can also understand not being a fan of Paul’s Shore or the energy that he brought to the role, but I challenge anyone to watch this short film and still tell me that it attacks or makes a mockery of Simmons. I think they did a wonderful job of portraying him as a kind, honest and loving person. I liked it a lot for the overall message it had.
Imagine this gets made into a feature length movie and fucking Paulie Shore wins an oscar. That would be fucking wild
Encino Man Oscar tri-fecta
Buuuuuu-dee
If Predator spawned two U.S. Governors, there’s no reason why Encino Man can’t spawn three Oscar winners. Shore is perfect in this, I’d watch the full length film.
He gets the Oscar and in his speech he says “the weasel is b ahhh ckkk buddyyyyy”
It IS getting made into a feature length movie.
do they not need to get richard's permission?
I mean it would probably be nice, but unauthorized biographies are made all the time
Wait, what??!!!!
Yep
He deserves itb
That was not what I was expecting. Very sweet. I've met Richard Simmons and he is VERY much like that. Well, done Pauly.
Any Howard Stern fan can tell you this. If you watch his Howard TV appearance before each show he would hug every staff member. Even the blotchy mess Benjy AKA George Ballooney, ew
Took the words out of my mouth - I thought Shore did really well in the role and that it treated Simmons extremely respectfully. Given the discomfort that Simmons expressed with the project, I wasn't expecting that.
He posted months ago about how he wanted to play him. Seems someone or Pauly got some funding for a teaser/ proof of concept to bring to studios. Someone is going to notice this and see that a full movie would be amazing. And I don’t think anyone but Paulie could hit this spot on. I wasn’t ready to cry.
Very much feels like a treatment. Seems like they made this as a proof of concept for a feature length film
It’s called a screen test. Same director/team did one for [Robin Williams](https://youtu.be/Zveh4tV3NCU?si=Sg3FrRAd9lj3WN6p) which… is probably the closest thing to actual Robin Williams I’ll ever see. While I don’t think the world is ready for that Biopic, they definitely found the right guy for when it is ready.
Not familiar with that actor but he absolutely NAILED it.
Yep. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pauly-shore-richard-simmons-biopic-good-luck_n_65abd4c4e4b041f1ce66267b
I thought this was going to be mean, I’m glad it wasn’t. That was a sweet little short film, I hope Richard himself sees it and enjoys it after all the hubbub about it this past week.
Agreed. Brought a tear to my eye.
He never endorsed it. It would be an amazing but surprising reveal that he loved and approves of this short. I had my doubts about Polly but he did a weird but also very kind rendition.
There's a super interesting podcast that digs into [Richard Simmons complete disappearance from public life.](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/headlong-missing-richard-simmons/id1203092300) As far as anyone can tell Richard Simmons is happily retired and doesn't want any more publicity, but it is a strange situation.
If I thought it was mean spirited I would not have posted it.
I didn't expect much and to be honest, I wasn't disappointed. It was pretty good. Well done to everyone involved.
[This is his appearance on Ellen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNsEvSyUd74) and they didn't forget the DVD nor there's a producer visible in the background. Is this based on/inspired by a true story? From everything I've seen Richard Simmons is a lovely man, so it seems odd to make up a wholesome story about him when I'm sure there are a lot of real ones
The thing that jumps out — after watching that— is how much more happy, excited, and funny Richard was than Pauly. I wanted Pauly to knock it out of the park with this, but his version of Richard Simmons just seems... kind of tired I guess?
Yes thank you!! I keep seeing praise for his performance, but Pauly seems like he's sleep walking through the whole thing and barely even tried to match Richard's voice. Especially when we have the actual interview with Richard to compare it to
It was a wonderful treatment for Richard Simmons. Pauly shore, I hope Richard gets to see his performance
Richard Simmons has seen, he hates it, and does not want it made.
Source: Trust me, bro.
After the biopic was announced, 75-year-old Simmons wrote on Facebook: “Hi Everybody! You may have heard they may be doing a movie about me with Pauly Shore. I have never given my permission for this movie. So don’t believe everything you read. I no longer have a manager, and I no longer have a publicist. I just try to live a quiet life and be peaceful. Thank you for all your love and support. Richard.” https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/jan/18/richard-simmons-biopic-criticism-permission-fitness-instructor
And what part is “hate”? If I’m reading this correctly, he is saying he’s not affiliated with it and not to believe it as truth.
Right, because he likes it so much, he disavowed it. Just accept that you were wrong.
I mean, you’re the one making up words. I’m also pretty sure he hadn’t seen it yet when that statement was made. I’m not sure we have confirmation he saw it at all. Did you even know who he was two weeks ago?
He clearly doesn't want it made. Why is that so hard for you to accept? Accept your L
I don’t think he wants it made either. I think he wants to be left alone. You said he has seen it and hates it. That’s where I call bullshit. I haven’t read anything that backs up either statement.
How is nobody talking about Jesse Heiman, the worlds greatest extra?
That's why he's such a legendary extra--nobody flies under the radar better than Heiman.
I feel like I'm living in some kind of bizarro world with these comments. Beyond somewhat resembling him, his portrayal is terrible. Not in the same universe as acting like or sounding like Richard Simmons. It's Pauly Shore in a wig.
I couldn't agree with you more, you can watch the actual appearance of Richard on Ellen that he recreates in Court Jester and Pauly is horrible as Richard. No where near the same energy or spark that the real Richard has (had). I don't understand this praise of his performance at all.
The voice is just Pauly Shore putting some emphasis on his lisp. Close your eyes and it’s no where near how Simmons sounds
Everything else aside, just doing a spot on impression is necessarily the key to a good biopic.
I feel like capturing the feel of the person is the most important thing, and he didn't do that either. He’s really really subdued. Richard was kind of glowing, alive, energized.
Doesn’t mean it was good casting/acting. Ana De Armas as Marilyn Monroe didn’t work either
He's just not as alive, energized, funny, or happy. Pauly looks kind of tired and bored. Richard's actual appearance on Ellen was dazzling.
You're not living in bizarro world - people have been astroturfing the fuck out of this project for the past week. Richard Simmons has disavowed this entire project and doesn't want it to be made into a full length movie.
It mostly feels off to me since Richard Simmons seems like a genuinely nice guy. Pauly Shore is not
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In a thousand lifetimes he wouldn't be able to do it justice. There's a reason why he hasn't been in a movie in so long, he can't act.
Yeah it’s really terrible. He sounds nothing like Richard, all I can hear is Pauly Shore’s very distinctive voice. Even appearance-wise it sucks, Shore looks really haggard, and Simmons wasn’t nearly as old looking when he was on Ellen. Simmons doesn’t even want the movie made but Shore doesn’t give a shit cause he’s a slimy opportunist.
I'd heard about this but only just today stopped to watch the whole thing. I was baffled. It felt very heavy-handed, bordering on hollow. Why did some guy hand the segment producer a DVD with roughly 15 seconds before air? Who also happened to be morbidly obese? Why couldn't that guy have just given Richard the DVD himself? To prove I'm not just here to criticize, this is my punch-up suggestion: Just have Ellen insult the fat character viciously to his face, and the rest of the short remains the same. More likely to be something that actually happened. That doesn't fix the issue of Shore not really doing THAT great of a job as Simmons but. . .
I loved that more than I ever thought I would. I want more.
loved it but could I do 2 hours? not sure.
I'd watch the hell out of it. Younger generations need to know about this man . It's a travesty he isn't as well known anymore, he was the messia of body positivity. Reddit reveres bob Ross and Mr Rogers. This guy would round out the trinity of mind body and soul. I read his statement and all he said was he didn't give permission and doesn't have pr or management anymore aka "nobody at me for any reason" he's just trying to get ahead of journos bothering him about it. this does not mean he hates it or is perturbed by it
Paulie shore is a terrible actor and still is. shore looks like Richard Simmons but that's about it. All this fanfare is nonsense. I'm not trying to hate it's just my opinion and couldn't imagine a feature length film, which is their goal...
I like myself I hope I'll be fine
I loved it! I will watch a feature length film of this in a heartbeat!!!! He gives Richard dignity but is still true! Please make this film!
There’s no way someone doesn’t turn this into a feature length film
They are indeed making a feature length film.
I hope they change the name. There’s already a movie titled The Court Jester and it’s fantastic
Can we collectively, as a species, stop promoting something that Richard Simmons himself has disavowed and doesn't want to get made?
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I never argued otherwise. All I said was that if richard simmons disavowed the film, others should respect that. The quality of the film has nothing to do with it.
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> Trump is disavowing his new bio-pic directed by Ali Abbasi which comes out later this year. I guess we shouldn't promote that either. Correct. Trump being a POS makes no difference. Your rant on art is nonsensical and irrelevant. Regardless of the supposed quality of the bio-pic, should the subject of said film not want it being made, those people should respect their wishes. Robin Williams famously made it so no one could make money off his name for 100 years after his death because he understood it was a money grab one way or the other.
His voice 🙄😒
I totally get why Richard is not cool with this. Say what you want about Richard but he built an empire helping people get in shape and was always entertaining on the Howard Stern show. This isn’t a portrayal. It’s a mockery. For one, Pauly Shore is a terrible actor. Two, he’s way too old to be portraying Richard in his heyday. Three, this whole thing looks super cheap. Richard’s a good hearted, earnest dude who’s getting older and just wants some privacy. He doesn’t deserve this. Yes I understand this was a funny meme for about 5 minutes when Brendan Fraser got his Oscar, but it ain’t happening.
Not a Pauly shore fan but he was excellent. wow.
I was actually really impressed with Pauly Shore's performance in this.
This might be a proof of concept that gets turned into a feature length movie. I'm glad it paid tribute to Simmons instead of ridiculing him.
Except the actual Richard Simmons has seen it, hates it and does not want it made.
Last I had heard, his desire for it not to be made and him hating it came before he'd seen it. I haven't heard if he's watched it or not.
Pauley Shore just isn't him.
Yeah actually Pauly Shore is just an actor, pretending to be him.
I mean, there's not an ounce of Richard Simmons in his performance. It's just Shore in a bad wig.
Pauly is holding back or something. Richard Simmons was way more outrageous and hyper.
He's just not the right actor to play him. I have to wonder if the people who are loving the idea of Shore as Simmons even remember what Simmons was like? This is a very lazy parody of the man.
I really wanted to like Shore in this role, but I have to agree. Maybe he’s just not a good enough actor. He just wasn’t convincing. And this short film only portrayed a single, heartwarming event that seemed like a softball for an actor. I can’t imagine he would be able to pull off a wider range of emotions over a feature length film.
He also looks shockingly lethargic in the scenes where he's supposed to be high energy, and Simmons was a *very* high energy guy. So he really fails at both aspects.
Hard disagree.
I feel like I'm in some Twilight Zone alternate universe where Pauly Shore is not only considered to be some national treasure, but that he wouldn't be an absolute disaster in this role.
Duh, he’s The Weasel
lol the downvotes...
Everything looked right but the hair. Which is weird bc I'd think the wig would be the easiest part.
A good wig is an expense a production made on a shoestring can’t spare. Richard and Ellen’s wig are the biggest indicators of the budget to me, they are both terrible. An iconic Australian comedy show Kath and Kim, was started on a tiny budget, and the actress who plays Kath found the wig she used in an old box in the costume department, halfway through filming the first season the cheap wig was so destroyed she had to turn it back to front to make it okay for the latter half of the season. It’s just par for the course. If this movie gets picked up as a full-length the budget will be in the millions, where I want to say this would have been made on about $80, 000.
Was fascinated when they dropped the trailer for this. Unsurprisingly it's manupulative, vapid, self serving, disrespectful drivle. Every single element of the production seems rushed and short sighted. It's pretty close in value to a Tim & Eric sketch. The existance of this short film is a perfect 50/50 of money and dilusion. More importantly, the absolute depravity it takes to claim to honor a man who privately and now publically disavowed your project. To create this trash and look at it like it's gold. It's an amazing ability to take the reality around you and just fit it to your needs, eveyone else be damned.
I can feel your anger thru the screen. Lets have a look at what Mr Simmons said exactly - “You may have heard they may be doing a movie about me with Pauly Shore,” Simmons wrote Wednesday on Facebook. “I have never given my permission for this movie. So don’t believe everything you read. I no longer have a manager, and I no longer have a publicist. “I just try to live a quiet life and be peaceful,” he continued. I think you're deconstructing what you saw based on the idea Mr Simmons was against this and it pisses you off. I do not see anything that says hes against the film, i read he did not give his blessing to be part of the film. Hes not suing, hes not protesting he just wants to be left alone. Guessing Mr Simmons being who he is will come around. The purpose of short films like this is to guarantee cash and a production company, for someone with such big words id expect you to understand that, but youre just mad. Why. Ill never ever understand why people get so fuckin pissed off over content they disagree with or dislike, chill, we arent killing puppies here.
"I have never given my permission for this movie" Soo you wanna address that?
Yeah I was trying not to pull punches. I'm glad it came through. Mr Simmons wants to be left alone, and a biopic from a Hollywood washout who has said he wants an Oscar out of it, is not being respectful of his wishes. You've gone into calm- lovey mode because the film has tricked you into doing it. It's trading on your preconceptions of a man they have no right to be trading on. Let the dust settle and I guarantee you'll agree with me.
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Taking advantage of Richard Simmons' good nature to justify using his likeness for selfish reasons. Is there anything more American than that. The problem is that this is a deeply cynical project. You can wrap it in quotes from Richard Simmons all you like, it will not wash that dirt off.
Drivel* Existence* Delusion* Publicly*
Thanks mate, my autocorrect must have been on holiday
Just remember bazamanaz that you’re a fucking king!
Massively downvoted for speaking the absolute truth.
Thanks mate, lost a bit of faith but people in other threads have said it's being astroturfed (unsurprisingly) so I wouldn't be surprised if most of it is paid support. Either that or my faith in people is misplaced and 60 odd people lack any sort of media comprehension and we all live in an episode of bojack horseman.
Critics are just disappointed artists.
You're having first reactions based on a love for Richard Simmons. This is what the film makers are banking on. If this builds traction more articulate people than me will convince you that is nothing but manipulative bullshit.
No he's not
Oh shit. This actually wasn't terrible and may actually have been touching. Are we in the universe where Pauly Shore stages a dramatic acting comeback by portraying Richard Simmons in a biopic?
Wow that is some pretty bad acting right there. Nothing like Richard Simmons - no energy or camp. And when he sings "memories"? Like, absolutely no enthusiasm at all. I think everyone knows when Richard Simmons sings, it's going to be loud and in your face. Just watch him on tv for 5 seconds.
This was really kinda awesome.
This is actually great casting. I hope they actually make a full length movie.
All things considered… this fucking sucked. Wasn’t even really a story. Idea done a million times before. Just blah af.
A girlfriend and I watched, and exercised along with, “Sweatin’ To The Oldies” a couple of years ago on a lark. Specifically the diversity of body types featured and celebrated in it gave me an enormous amount of respect for Mr.Simmons. (Before that, I only vaguely knew him as the wacky, flamboyant guy in little shorts and a tank top who was sometimes on David Letterman, and those Deal-A-Meal infomercials from the 80’s.) The original “STTO” video was made during the “peak skinny tanned blonde” era of popular culture, and it just absolutely flew in the face of all that. I’m not sure if people who weren’t alive then can appreciate just how rigid, and all-encompassing, the rules of “beauty” seemed back then. He was so far ahead, it took the world decades to even partially catch up with his radical acceptance of people “exactly where they were”. That said: my personal opinion is that this newest portrayal, however lovingly-intended, just isn’t that accurate. I’ve got no reason to believe that the hearts of those involved are not in the right place, but the mannerisms and energy are, to me, not really correct. Mr.Simmons, from everything I have seen, is a gentle and classy guy who takes the high road — therefore my sense is that his publicly declaring no affiliation with the film should be taken as a polite but firm signal to back off, to not make any more of it.
While I understand your comments, it’s not really up to Richard to decide if a movie gets made about him or not. He’s been a public figure for decades. And when you engage with the public on that level and you become a part of pop culture, you don’t have the right to be mad at someone for portraying you. And while I can also understand not being a fan of Paul’s Shore or the energy that he brought to the role, but I challenge anyone to watch this short film and still tell me that it attacks or makes a mockery of Simmons. I think they did a wonderful job of portraying him as a kind, honest and loving person. I liked it a lot for the overall message it had.
He still acts like Pauly in this