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Caddyshack (1980)

Film
DirectorHarold Ramis
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Figures

Characters
  • The character of Judge Smails
Form & technique
  • The "Baby Ruth in the pool" scene → The Abject Borderline
  • The opening title sequence featuring "I'm Alright"
Tropes
  • Al Czervik's disruptive behavior at Bushwood
  • The climactic golf match and explosion → Carnivalesque Inversion
  • Carl Spackler's monologues about the gopher
  • Carl Spackler's "Cinderella story" monologue
  • Ty Webb's detached, philosophical persona
  • The Gopher puppet and its destructive actions
  • The "slob" characters' bodily humor (Czervik's flatulence, etc.) → Grotesque Realism

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