{"id":17903,"date":"2011-06-13T10:43:08","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T17:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=17903"},"modified":"2020-12-26T23:58:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T06:58:24","slug":"patsy-the-1964","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=17903","title":{"rendered":"Patsy, The (1964)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Now listen, and listen carefully &#8212; this kid can and will be whatever we want him to be.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Poster-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-17904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Poster-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Poster.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen a famous comedian dies in a plane crash, his creative entourage (Everett Sloan, Ina Balin, John Carradine, Keenan Wynn, Phil Harris, and Peter Lorre) decides to turn a bumbling bellboy named Stanley (Jerry Lewis) into their next big star.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aspiring Stars<\/li>\n<li>Comedians<\/li>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Hans Conried Films<\/li>\n<li>Jerry Lewis Films<\/li>\n<li>John Carradine Films<\/li>\n<li>Keenen Wynn Films<\/li>\n<li>Peter Lorre Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThe intention of Jerry Lewis&#8217;s self-directed variation on Frank Tashlin&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=17501\"><em>The Girl Can&#8217;t Help It<\/em> (1956)<\/a> is somewhat murky: while he seems to be making a clear case that a talent like his is NOT random (that is, you can&#8217;t simply pluck any old Joe off the street and turn him into a star of &#8220;Jerry Lewis caliber&#8221;), the film&#8217;s head-scratching denouement &#8212; an extension to the similarly self-congratulatory finale of <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=17840\"><em>The Errand Boy<\/em> (1961)<\/a> &#8212; effectively neutralizes this sentiment. With that said, <em>The Patsy<\/em> remains of interest given how close it comes (at times) to the tone of Scorsese&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=7862\"><em>King of Comedy<\/em> (1982)<\/a>: Stanley&#8217;s failed nightclub debut is seriously discomfiting, bringing the film&#8217;s invisible laughtrack to a dead halt. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Nightclub4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Nightclub4-1024x577.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Nightclub4-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Nightclub4-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Nightclub4-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Nightclub4-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Nightclub4-1536x865.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Nightclub4-479x270.png 479w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Nightclub4.png 1809w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The rest of the movie remains a mixed bag of random chuckles (Lewis is in classic klutzy form when visiting Hans Conried&#8217;s antiques-riddled home for a music lesson): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Klutz2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Klutz2-1024x573.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Klutz2-1024x573.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Klutz2-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Klutz2-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Klutz2-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Klutz2-1536x860.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Klutz2-482x270.png 482w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Klutz2.png 1827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; occasional pathos (as during the oddly charming high school dance flashback sequence):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Flashback.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Flashback-1024x572.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59840\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Flashback-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Flashback-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Flashback-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Flashback-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Flashback-1536x858.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Flashback-483x270.png 483w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Flashback.png 1845w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and rehashed cliches from earlier films &#8212; including obligatory romantic tension between nerdy Stanley and an impossibly sympathetic goddess (in this case, Ina Balin), who seems merely pleasantly bemused by his actions at all times. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Balin2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Balin2-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Balin2-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Balin2-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Balin2-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Balin2-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Balin2-1536x860.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Balin2-482x270.png 482w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Balin2.png 1837w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be forewarned about the irritatingly dated &#8220;final&#8221; comment made by Stanley, which is similar to Lewis&#8217;s own stated view of female comedians:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0001471\/bio#quotes\"><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[2000] I don&#8217;t like any female comedians. Seeing a woman in comedy sets me back a bit&#8230; I think of her as a producing machine that brings babies into the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> This shouldn&#8217;t technically be considered a &#8220;Peter Lorre film&#8221; given that his role here (his last) is not only incredibly tiny, but Lorre seems utterly disinterested and bored the entire time. &#8220;We got the wrong guy&#8221;, his character mutters in one of his very few lines, and one can&#8217;t help sensing he&#8217;s referring to himself. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Lorre.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Lorre-1024x573.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Lorre-1024x573.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Lorre-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Lorre-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Lorre-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Lorre-1536x859.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Lorre-483x270.png 483w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Lorre.png 1833w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stanley&#8217;s disastrous visit with Hans Conried&#8217;s antiques-collecting music teacher<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Klutz3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Klutz3-1024x572.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Klutz3-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Klutz3-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Klutz3-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Klutz3-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Klutz3-1536x858.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Klutz3-483x270.png 483w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Klutz3.png 1831w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>The cringingly honest nightclub scene<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Nightclub2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Nightclub2-1024x578.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Nightclub2-1024x578.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Nightclub2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Nightclub2-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Nightclub2-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Nightclub2-1536x867.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Nightclub2-479x270.png 479w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Patsy-Nightclub2.png 1813w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo &#8212; though it&#8217;s one of the more intriguing Lewis entries included in Peary&#8217;s book, and worth a look. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0058456\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/reviews\/12763\/patsy-the\/\">DVD Talk Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitallyobsessed.com\/displaylegacy.php?ID=6532\">Digitally Obsessed Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=5420&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2004\/10\/31\/PKGIJ7PK7G1.DTL\">SF Chronicle Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Now listen, and listen carefully &#8212; this kid can and will be whatever we want him to be.&#8221; Synopsis: When a famous comedian dies in a plane crash, his creative entourage (Everett Sloan, Ina Balin, John Carradine, Keenan Wynn, Phil Harris, and Peter Lorre) decides to turn a bumbling bellboy named Stanley (Jerry Lewis) into their next big star. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Aspiring Stars Comedians Comedy Hans Conried Films Jerry Lewis Films John Carradine Films Keenen Wynn Films&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=17903\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17903"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59850,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17903\/revisions\/59850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}