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My favorite scene, and it's an absolute masterclass in comedic technique, is from Woody Allen's Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex. The moment his G

My favorite scene, and it's an absolute masterclass in comedic technique, is from Woody Allen's Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex. The moment his Greek patient confesses: "Doctor, I'm in love with a sheep!" Without saying a single word, Wilder's expression goes from jesting to confusion to amusement to fright to intrigue and back again through the entire gamut of possible human response. He sputters and strains. It's all right there on his face! We feel the tortured struggle occurring within his mind, grasping for any semblance of assessing the situation and formulating the appropriate thing to say. It's truth is it's genius!

pshc 10y ago
Found it! https://youtu.be/B94lP-fZyLk?t=40s https://youtu.be/B94lP-fZyLk?t=40s
- ourmandave 10y ago
  I sheepishly clicked the Up Next Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbMa7BpPsNc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbMa7BpPsNc
  - lberlin 10y ago
    "Sheepishly"!
squidfood 10y ago
On a similar vein, one of my favorite Wilder reactions, from Young Frankenstein: "that goes without saying." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuHw5ivCs1A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuHw5ivCs1A
gohrt 10y ago
Greek? He says he is Armenian.
- rantanplan 10y ago
  For some reason they created a character who's Armenian with a Greek name(Stavros). Some kind of bad research I guess.
  - mikro2nd 10y ago
    Or perhaps all Greeks are liars...
    - rantanplan 10y ago
      As a profoundly good liar, and a Greek, I can assure you they are not. Trust me ;)
    - igravious 10y ago
      I thought it was Cretans, but there you go…
      - mikro2nd 10y ago
        It was, but who could resist?
donretag 10y ago
Reminds my of Robert Benigni's scene in Jarmusch's Night on Earth. Another amazing comedic actor. Notice how few cuts there are. As a fluent Italian speaker, the subtitles do not do it justice. Content is identical and very NSFW. https://youtu.be/N99Ps4nLBGU?t=774 https://youtu.be/N99Ps4nLBGU?t=774

pshc 10y ago

Found it! https://youtu.be/B94lP-fZyLk?t=40s https://youtu.be/B94lP-fZyLk?t=40s

ourmandave 10y ago
I sheepishly clicked the Up Next Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbMa7BpPsNc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbMa7BpPsNc
- lberlin 10y ago
  "Sheepishly"!

squidfood 10y ago

On a similar vein, one of my favorite Wilder reactions, from Young Frankenstein: "that goes without saying." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuHw5ivCs1A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuHw5ivCs1A

gohrt 10y ago

Greek? He says he is Armenian.

rantanplan 10y ago
For some reason they created a character who's Armenian with a Greek name(Stavros). Some kind of bad research I guess.
- mikro2nd 10y ago
  Or perhaps all Greeks are liars...
  - rantanplan 10y ago
    As a profoundly good liar, and a Greek, I can assure you they are not. Trust me ;)
  - igravious 10y ago
    I thought it was Cretans, but there you go…
    - mikro2nd 10y ago
      It was, but who could resist?

donretag 10y ago

Reminds my of Robert Benigni's scene in Jarmusch's Night on Earth. Another amazing comedic actor. Notice how few cuts there are. As a fluent Italian speaker, the subtitles do not do it justice. Content is identical and very NSFW. https://youtu.be/N99Ps4nLBGU?t=774 https://youtu.be/N99Ps4nLBGU?t=774