Airplane! (1980)
Figures
Form & technique
- The opening scene spoofing Jaws (the airplane fin cutting through clouds).
- Elmer Bernstein's dramatic musical score. → Anempathetic Sound
- The Saturday Night Fever dance scene flashback.
- The film's narrative structure, which constantly pauses for unrelated gags.
Tropes
- Dr. Rumack's line "I am serious. And don't call me Shirley."
- The "Surely/Shirley" pun exchange.
- Ted Striker's "drinking problem" gag.
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