April Fools!
April Fool’s Day, perhaps the most significant date in the
Christian calendar, celebrating the time when Jesus notoriously pranked Judas
by slapping him in the balls in front of the other disciples. Sure, we’ve all
been subjected to a humble wind-up, but no one can dupe and humiliate like our
friends in the movies. Here’s a list of the best practical jokers, appearing in
everything from teen thrillers to thought-provoking dramas about race
inequality. No genre is above a whimsical jape!
Amelie Poulain – Amelie
Don’t let the pixie cut and chocolat eyes fool you, Amelie
is a mischievous minx. Whether she’s tampering with timepieces, or tinkering with
toothpaste, she’s the unidentified scourge of trickery to the neighbours. Her magnum opus of
misconduct comes when, as a child, she interferes with the TV aerial of a neighbour during a
big televised football game. Sacré bleu!
Kevin McCallister – Home Alone
Kevin McCallister puts his pranking abilities to practical
use by defending himself against two good-for-nothing crooks. Full of engineering prowess and
cuteness to boot, Kevin single-handedly protects his house from burglary with
comical slapstick and witty finesse, all the while rediscovering the importance of family. What more could you ask for in a Christmas movie?
Minny – The Help
It’s not quite a Jackass movie or a Christmas family comedy,
but The Help involves a prank to end all pranks that leaves it’s victim with
both egg and human shit on her face. Skeeter (Emma Stone) returns from having
graduated university and decides to conduct some expository journalism that
will highlight the demeaning way in which white socialites treat their
African-American ‘Help’. More importantly, Minny makes Bryce Dallas Howard
eat poop! Punked.
Carrie – Carrie
Based on the Stephen King novel, Carrie revolves around a telekinetic schoolgirl, oppressed by her
mother and persistently bullied by her classmates. Carrie’s lament is
temporarily lifted when she wins the title of Prom Queen, but she soon
discovers it’s been an elaborate prank when a bucket of pig’s blood is emptied
on her from above. However, she gets the last laugh when she savagely murders
those around her with her supernatural powers. Classic.
Borat – Borat
This entire movie is ostensibly a prank to anyone who came
in contact with it during production. Employing extreme cringe, Sacha Baron
Cohen royally fucked with innocent Americans who genuinely believed he was a
foreigner ignorant to the Western lifestyle. The calamities involve Borat
bringing a prostitute to a private dinner, a naked scuffle in a hotel corridor
and the attempted kidnap of Pamela Anderson. As crude as the movie is, it truly
shits on any of the pranks in Home Alone.
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