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A Futile and Stupid Gesture
Comedy, Drama
In a life full of triumph and failure, "National Lampoon" co-founder Doug Kenney built a comedy empire, molding pop culture in the 1970s.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy witty, self-aware show-business biographies about brilliant outsiders whose success cannot quiet their inner turmoil.
- Tone
- darkly comic, satirical, melancholic
- Payoff
- amusement, reflection
- Pacing
- brisk
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- non-linear
- Themes
- creative ambition, friendship, fame, self-destruction, cultural rebellion
- Setting
- 1970s–1980s, countercultural comedy scenes and entertainment industry
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Netflix
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