Heres's my nomination, Akuma Withnail on theCoulter pie incident.
I think all of us here are now agreed that cream pieing is assault and so perhaps it is time to consider the long, violent, and messy history of cream pieing.
While certainly not an expert on the subject I have certain recollections of jerky black and white movies where the pies would fly like bullets and characters of dubious character were constantly sneaking up on other characters and slamming pies into their faces. It may seem like innocent entertainment on the surface but let's take a look behind the scenes. You may say that the actors involved consented to this assault but have you considered that they may have lost their jobs had they refused to take part in a cream pie scene that the director felt was essential to the script? Actor's unions were not strong in those days and it may be only due to the dedicated work of labor rights activists in the entertainment industry that today we rarely see actors subject to this demeaning and violent treatment in the name of entertainment.
Remember that there were no special effects to speak of in the days when cream pieing was a popular element of slapstick 'comedy', there were no trained stuntmen taking the place of actors at the moment of pie impact, there were no clever feints to make it only appear that the cream pie hit the face as is the case when one actor pretends to punch or slap another, these actors were ACTUALLY GETTING HIT WITH REAL CREAM PIES.
Has Hollywood no shame? Had no one considered the possibility of injury or death due to this barbaric practice? Surely this can be considered on par with gladiators or cock fighting in it's immoral disregard for the safety of the participants simply to give the audience a few unsophisticated laughs. Perhaps you will recall the infamous cream pie scene from Bugsy Malone, how can we possibly justify such cruel and callous exploitation of children?
I certainly hope this is starting to sound ridiculous because I can't keep it up for much longer. C'mon guys it's pies.
While certainly not an expert on the subject I have certain recollections of jerky black and white movies where the pies would fly like bullets and characters of dubious character were constantly sneaking up on other characters and slamming pies into their faces. It may seem like innocent entertainment on the surface but let's take a look behind the scenes. You may say that the actors involved consented to this assault but have you considered that they may have lost their jobs had they refused to take part in a cream pie scene that the director felt was essential to the script? Actor's unions were not strong in those days and it may be only due to the dedicated work of labor rights activists in the entertainment industry that today we rarely see actors subject to this demeaning and violent treatment in the name of entertainment.
Remember that there were no special effects to speak of in the days when cream pieing was a popular element of slapstick 'comedy', there were no trained stuntmen taking the place of actors at the moment of pie impact, there were no clever feints to make it only appear that the cream pie hit the face as is the case when one actor pretends to punch or slap another, these actors were ACTUALLY GETTING HIT WITH REAL CREAM PIES.
Has Hollywood no shame? Had no one considered the possibility of injury or death due to this barbaric practice? Surely this can be considered on par with gladiators or cock fighting in it's immoral disregard for the safety of the participants simply to give the audience a few unsophisticated laughs. Perhaps you will recall the infamous cream pie scene from Bugsy Malone, how can we possibly justify such cruel and callous exploitation of children?
I certainly hope this is starting to sound ridiculous because I can't keep it up for much longer. C'mon guys it's pies.
