Film Dining

Our February film this year was "See No Evil, Hear No Evil" with Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder. In this classic comedy, the duo play a blind man and a deaf man who are the sole witnesses to a murder, as well as the primary suspects. Hilarity ensues as they try to evade police and prove their innocence. This is a film that I had watched as a child and remembered really enjoying, but I couldn't remember very many details about it. I was a little nervous going into this that the comedy might not have aged well, especially since the comedy is based around disabilities. Having rewatched it now, I can say that none of the comedy around their disabilities felt inappropriate or distasteful. The jokes weren't making fun of them or their disabilities, but rather the awkward and complicated situations they found themselves in. This is not to say that all of the comedy holds up. There are a bit of inappropriate sexual jokes and actions that made us uncomfortable and were unnecess...