Jackass 3D

Intro

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• fun and games
• toilet humor
• bystander
• writhe

• slapstick
• stunts
• 3D
• confess

• give credit
• throw up

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It may not be the right thing to do, but sometimes, when you see someone fall down or hit their head or spill something, it’s hard not to laugh. Sometimes, life is just funny. Slapstick is a kind of humor that doesn’t need language. The joke is just someone getting hurt in a particularly amusing way.

For the last decade, the men of Jackass have taken this simple comedic concept to the absolute extreme. They do disgusting, painful stunts for your entertainment. And in their latest film, they do it all in 3D. Find out if Jason enjoyed watching grown men get hit in the crotch and covered in excrement on the big screen.

Dialog

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Jason

Mason

Jason:  Could slapstick ever die?

Mason:  No. Absolutely not. It is the oldest form of comedy. It will always be funny.

Jason:  There’s a huge tradition behind it. Is Jackass 3D the first 3D slapstick?

Mason:  Probably, on film, yeah. But so you saw it then?

Jason:  I did.

Mason:  Now, I gotta confess man, when I saw the second movie I almost threw up. So I’m a little afraid of what happens when you add a third dimension into the mix.

Jason:  I didn’t come close to vomiting, but the camera people working on the movie did vomit frequently and they would show that. But I don’t know, I think I need to smell something to vomit. So for me, it was just fun and games.

Mason:  OK. That takes toilet humor to a whole new level right there.

Jason:  Right.

Mason:  Do you think, is it…Is the guy doing the stunt the funny thing about Jackass, or is it the inevitable horrible reaction of their friends or the camera crew or the unsuspecting bystanders?

Jason:  I think it’s the reaction, ‘cause their formula is, they tell you what they’re gonna do, and then they do it, and then they writhe around in pain after doing it. And that writhing part seems to get the most laughter. ‘Cause they seem so tough when they stand up there and they say, “I’m about to get shot with a cannonball,” or something, you know?

Mason:  You know, if nothing else, I give them credit for imagination when it comes to just new ways of horrifying me.

 

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