So! Guess what I got to watch while grossly ill yesterday! THIS.
Waaaay ahead of its time, Operation Dumbo Drop broke the mold not only by trying to fit a 6 ton elephant on a military cargo plane, but by fitting a 6 ton elephant inside of our hearts.
It’s all-star cast won all of the awards that year by shocking the nation with its golden placement of Hollywood superstars in can-they-do-that? gritty roles. Starring Danny Glover as a loving father figure, Ray Liotta as a hardass with no personality, and Denis Leary as an asshole, Operation Dumbo Drop showed us a side of these actors we’ll never likely see again.
With a zany look at the soft side of the real VC soldier, we earn an appreciation for the true comedy that was Vietnam. As some goofy guerillas chase our comrades and their elephant through miles of rough territory, we get to laugh and cry as we discover the truth about our characters. Ray Liotta isn’t really such a hardass, Denis Leary isn’t really such an asshole, and Danny Glover isn’t really such a father figure, as he leaves the kid and goes home. Try to write a script like THAT, Paul Haggis.
If you’ve got the time, or maybe you’re just vomiting a lot and it hurts to move off of the couch. Maybe you could give this a try. You might have more ele-fun, then you think!
