One of favourite actors today is...

Vince Vaugh. I'm watching him now in the series Bad Monkey. He's playing in that Andrew Yancy who's a former police detective who has been reduced to conducting restaurant inspections in South Florida...

I've always wondered why Hollywood shuns Vince Vaughn in his own brand of comedies. In an interview last year on The Hot Ones podcast he stated:

"They just overthink it ... and it’s like, it’s crazy ... you get these rules, like, if you did geometry, and you said 87 degrees was a right angle ... then all your answers are messed up, instead of 90 degrees. So there became some idea or concept ... like, they would say something like, ‘You have to have an IP (Intellectual Property)."

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Ferise1 · 46-50, M

Is bad monkey brand-new? What’s it about?

val70 · 51-55

@Ferise1 Detective in the Bahamas and such. Vaugh does the commentary too

Ferise1 · 46-50, M

@val70 commentary?
Like a documentary?

val70 · 51-55

@Ferise1 "Bad Monkey" is a term, particularly used in a Buddhist context, that symbolizes the negative consequences of ungratefulness and poor behavior. It refers to a character, often a monkey, whose actions stemming from a lack of gratitude lead to their downfall. This concept is used to highlight the importance of ethical conduct and gratitude in Buddhist teachings.

In a separate context, "Bad Monkey" is also the name of an Apple TV+ series based on Carl Hiaasen's novel, which follows a former detective investigating corruption and greed in Florida and the Bahamas. I was wrong about Vaugh doing the commentary though, because the character who provides the internal monologue, or commentary, is Neville Stafford, played by Ronald Peet