
Goofballs
1987

Representation Score
Minimal
1997
Director
Rick Friedberg
Runtime
51 minutes
Average Rating
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Leslie Nielsen's Stupid Little Golf Video is a niche comedic instructional parody that prioritizes slapstick humor over sociopolitical themes. It focuses on subverting sporting competence rather than challenging social norms. The film lacks narrative structures designed to address identity politics or systemic power dynamics. Its scope is limited to the 'how-to-golf-badly' trilogy format, emphasizing comedic incompetence. Ultimately, the work presents a traditional and homogeneous view of its subject matter. It does not engage with characters who reflect more than one aspect of diversity or complex cultural hierarchies.
Category Breakdown
The film does not include any LGBTQ+ characters or non-cisgender identities. It focuses solely on the comedic aspects of golf instruction.
Leslie Nielsen's character subverts traditional authority through incompetence, but the film does not critically examine gender hierarchies or redistribute gendered power dynamics.
The film presents a narrow focus on a specific sporting subculture, lacking a diverse cast or non-Anglo-Saxon perspectives. It reflects a homogeneous view typical of its time.
The narrative does not engage with systemic critiques of Western institutions or religion. It operates within a traditional framework of recreational comedy.
The film does not feature any characters with visible or invisible disabilities. It does not integrate such characters into the narrative with meaningful roles.
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Official Synopsis
Stupid Little Golf Video (released as Leslie Nielsen's Stupid Little Golf Video in the United States) is the third and last of the how-to-golf-badly trilogy. (The other two are Bad Golf Made Easier and Bad Golf My Way.) It is the only one that is released on DVD.

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