Today Alec Baldwin is probably the best comedian around in Anglo-Saxon world including India.
In non-animated space that is. He loses to Homer and Bart Simpson when competition widens.
His slightly-drunk looks, right-wing views and everreadiness to say something dismissive of the world in 30 ROCK make me laugh.
I first liked him when he announced that he was God. (Malice,1993)
Is there any other reason why I like him so much? Yes, he reminds of Shammi Kapoor.
Because for me, although he himself doesn't say it, Shammi Kapoor was god of entertainment. He stood for: Good food, pretty girls, mellifluous music, the lark's on the wing, god's in his heaven!
Read an earlier post on Mr. Kapoor here.
I still remember how, while watching Brahmchari(1968), sitting with my mother in 'Ladies' of Deval cinema in Miraj, I got to my feet and started cheering wildly during his fight with Pran towards the end of the movie. Mr. Kapoor, I am happy to report, won the bout! He continues to do so till today.
I have been watching Season 3 of 30 Rock on Star World and can't help feel how Alec Baldwin looks similar to Shammi Kapoor.
Particularly when he takes a stylish turn in this theme song/title sequence .
Launched on Nov 29 2006, now 2,100+ posts...This bilingual blog - 'आन्याची फाटकी पासोडी' in Marathi- is largely a celebration of visual and/or comic ...तुकाराम: "ढेकणासी बाज गड,उतरचढ केवढी"...George Santayana: " Everything in nature is lyrical in its ideal essence, tragic in its fate, and comic in its existence"...William Hazlitt: "Pictures are scattered like stray gifts through the world; and while they remain, earth has yet a little gilding."
Thursday, January 07, 2010
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I don't regard Baldwin to be a particularly great actor. However, when I saw him for the first time in a movie on Star Movies in 1998, he reminded me for Shammi Kapoor as well.
ReplyDeleteGlad that someone else thinks the same.
Thanks Chetan.
ReplyDeleteSometimes we do think alike!