Some movies get right to the crux of the matter and start dispensing deep, meaningful dialog right from the beginning. Steve Martin's first movie, The Jerk, is one such movie. His character, Navin R. Johnson, is given three pieces of advice as he is leaving home to find his special purpose:
Lord loves a working man
Don't trust "whitey"
See a doctor, get rid of it
Navin, born a poor black child, overcomes obstacles and barriers in this rages-to-riches-to-rags-again story. The moral of the movie is that sometimes when you look for happiness, you realize that it was right in front of you the whole time.
Who couldn't build their life on such pillars of strength? Thank you, Carl Reiner, for enhancing the lives of so many people over the past 26 years with this cinematic masterpiece. I, for one, am forever changed.....
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