tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post98484698815409966..comments2023-11-03T11:37:13.579-04:00Comments on Something Old, Nothing New: Tash CrashJaime J. Weinmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15128500411119962998noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-46702696004437334672007-02-06T15:22:00.000-05:002007-02-06T15:22:00.000-05:00Thanks for the thoughtful post on this forgotten--...Thanks for the thoughtful post on this forgotten--somewhat justifiably alas--next to last Tashlin. I would take issue with you only on the idea that his style and sensibility left him stranded with these family films and middle aged stars in the '60s. I think this was more a case of career doldrums and bad choices/bad luck (and for whatever reason, no longer being able to write or rewrite his scripts). He was perfectly adaptable to the '60s. Tashlin's cartoon/slapstick aspects in his heyday were complemented by his way with sharp pop cult satire and his attempts to add more sophisticated or at least rowdier sexual content. Tashlin always had at least one eye on Billy Wilder and one could certainly consider Tashlin following a path somewhat in the way of Blake Edwards' elegant slapstick films of the '60s...Or my personal fantasy, Tash becomes Elvis Presley's Richard Lester then reunites with Dean Martin to write-direct the Matt Helm series.<br />GriffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com