Wow. Nearly 4000 words and I never felt like stopping reading. Well written. Eye opening, even if I already knew he was considered an ass. Thanks for reposting. I hadn’t seen this before. Points for attribution, too. That’s a classy move.
As someone who grew up in the '80s, when I heard Swatch I immediately thought of those inexpensive wrist watches that had wildly colorful designs and interchangeable wristbands. They were hugely popular and if you didn’t have 40 bucks to spend on one, you were not with the “in” crowd, mainly dominated by yuppies.
Chase is an ass, but John Landis’s Safety record really did need to be mocked. The man should be in prison for what he did.
The TLDR is that Landis broke a shitload of laws that were set up to specifically stop the tragedy that unfolded. Landis was a dictator style director, his word on set was law, nothing happened without his say so. Then at the trial, he basically said that he had zero control and blamed the pilot of the helicopter. Somehow he got off.
The simple facts,
A, Landis hired the preteen children for his movie without the required permits.
B, Children have strict working hours when they are allowed on set. Landis didn't want to shoot a daytime scene, so he ignored that law.
C, Pyrotechnics have some laws about use around children, Landis ignored them, and even hid the children from the fire warden.
D, It was technically not illegal to fly a helicopter through pyrotechnics the way Landis ordered, but it was for fixed wing craft.
He was quoting a Reddit thread. The thread was from 2022, but I would bet it was copied from something written in 2017 or whenever the Al Franken thing happened.
Yeah, if I remember correctly, this was written around the time franken was expelled from congress. In hindsight it was definitely a bit silly, because he didn’t actually do anything, but given the context it just looked bad at the time
The context was he didn’t actually do anything. His own party denied him the chance to defend the allegations and demanded he resign without investigation. It was as bad a look then as it is now.
I remember reading the original post! I knew nothing of him beyond my family’s annual holiday watch of Christmas vacation, so this was an eye-opening read. Thanks for reposting it.
Thanks for the detailed write-up! I was vaguely aware of how disliked Chase had become, which always made me a little sad, because I really liked him when I was younger, when his movies were doing well. Now I’m glad he is being treated exactly as he appears to deserve, based on his behaviour.
I’m also a comedy fan and and I love the roasts, so it was interesting to read about the history there. (The James Franco roast, particularly Hader’s bit, was one of the funniest I have ever seen.)
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