The King of Comedy Review

Review of The King of Comedy (1982) by screenqueeen: 👍 4.5/5

A bit of a challenging film to watch in the first couple acts but over time you acclimate to the internal perspective of Rupert. When the act he's been dying to perform is finally revealed there's no going back, you've been in on the joke long enough to realize that this perpetual unfunnyness, this cornball existence that Pupkin would die for is all he has. His one goal in life was to reach that stage without a single regard for another. Rupe's monarch-like reverence for Jerry disappears at the drop of a hat once he's on the other side. Rupert Pupkin has made his mark on every individual in his path but he will still die a happy man.