‘The Naked Gun’ Is a Great Comedy Because It’s Not a Spoof

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To the surprise of many, the 2025 legacy sequel-slash-reboot of The Naked Gun is pretty damn good. Audiences and critics alike were sceptical about yet another comedy reboot, especially for a legendary comedy that felt so of its time. Yet Akiva Schaffer’s smartly stupid revival of the antics of Police Squad is genuinely hilarious, as I discussed in my review here . It’s a laugh-a-second romp where everything is thrown at the wall and no joke is too dumb (I will forever think of the snowman moment with the nostalgic fondness that some people reserve for their offspring.) The movie has inspired a lot of talk over whether or not it will revive the big studio comedy at the box office, but there’s

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