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When did Christopher Tracy jump the shark? Before we get started, let me say that I LOVE UTCM from beginning to end. After I subjected my frieds to it (countless times), this debate sprang up: When does Christopher Tracy jump the shark in the movie. My friend's ideas:
1. When it fades to black and white 2. Having a guest while bathing 3. Bela Lugosi eyes. For non-Prince fans, there are a million more! Any ideas? It's a fun question so anyone who gets upset by it is a double-drag fool! | |
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When he gets shot. It looked a little goofy, wouldn't you say?
I know when The Kid jumped the shark. It's when Apollonia says "King Kong?" & The Kid says "Stop!" in a sort of Michael Jackson-esque way. That line never fails to make me slink down in my seat & cover my head! | |
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hmmmm, good question...
I would have to say the Bela Lugosi eyes...kinda funny but tough to watch...I felt embarrassed for him as he did this. I believe by doing this movie, Prince believed his commercial success was based on "him", not his music. I think he has come to his senses. In the ATL soundcheck, someone asked if he planned to make anymore movies. His answer was that he was focusing on the music. | |
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jump? shark? wtf?  | |
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Jump the shark? Do you even know what that means?
"In pop culture, jumping the shark is when something that was once very good -- it could be a TV show, a band, or a series of movie sequels -- makes a desperate attempt to remain fresh and relevant, and instead goes bad" http://digitalmass.boston.../1126.html Continue on to read that article. Or read this page that is dedicated to JtS: http://www.jumptheshark.com That said... Prince's Jumping the Shark moment would be his name change. That went very bad for him. Although it could be argued that Prince was actually fighting a battle there, that would make his only JtS moment _Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic_ DONT GET IT TWISTED [This message was edited Wed Apr 10 12:50:52 PDT 2002 by Dauphin] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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Dauphin said: Jump the shark? Do you even know what that means?
"In pop culture, jumping the shark is when something that was once very good -- it could be a TV show, a band, or a series of movie sequels -- makes a desperate attempt to remain fresh and relevant, and instead goes bad" http://digitalmass.boston.../1126.html Continue on to read that article. Or read this page that is dedicated to JtS: http://www.jumptheshark.com That said... Prince's Jumping the Shark moment would be his name change. That went very bad for him. Although it could be argued that Prince was actually fighting a battle there, that would make his only JtS moment _Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic_ DONT GET IT TWISTED [This message was edited Wed Apr 10 12:50:52 PDT 2002 by Dauphin] The first double-drag fool has posted. Didn't nobody ask when "Prince" jumped the shark. I asked when "Christopher Tracy" jumped the shark. Christopher Tracy was "once very good"--hell, he wrote Manic Monday. So ANSWER THE QUESTION! Treaux | |
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Oddly enough, I was relating what a Jump the Shark would look like in the Prince world.
Granted, I will agree that my post doesn't clear that line. So I'll cut you slack on that. As far as "Chistopher Tracy": he never does. It is impossible to JtS on a single movie on it's own. Simple as THAT. fricken grammar errors [This message was edited Wed Apr 10 13:17:46 PDT 2002 by Dauphin] [This message was edited Wed Apr 10 13:18:25 PDT 2002 by Dauphin] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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Dauphin said: Prince's Jumping the Shark moment would be his name change.
Seconded. When your music is going downhill anyway, it doesn't help things to make it a pain in the ass for anyone to talk about you, refer to you, or write about you. | |
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treaux said: Before we get started, let me say that I LOVE UTCM from beginning to end. After I subjected my frieds to it (countless times), this debate sprang up: When does Christopher Tracy jump the shark in the movie. My friend's ideas:
1. When it fades to black and white 2. Having a guest while bathing 3. Bela Lugosi eyes. For non-Prince fans, there are a million more! Any ideas? It's a fun question so anyone who gets upset by it is a double-drag fool! When the script was written.  This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes. | |
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Actually "jumping the shark" is a reference from the Happy Days tv series. An episode where Fonzie jumped a shark on water skis. That's generally referred to as when that series went downhill in retrospect by Happy Days fans.
From then on any good tv series (or a tv series with good ratings) that eventually goes downhill, fans usually can pinpoint what went wrong and when. Hence: "jumped the shark". This post not for the wimp contingent. All whiny wusses avert your eyes. | |
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