Adam Sandler hidden meanings?

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In the episode Ass Burgers of South Park Stan does not think Adam Sandler is funny until he drinks a glass of whatever is in the bottle with the label Jameson that the "secret society of cynics" have.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP7userzvUQ

I find this quite ironic.

I have not watched much Adam Sandler but I can see how it would be a neurotypical thing, and how an aspie would find it banal and not funny. However, I watched The Longest Yard. It appears to me that there is the surface level that most people see, and which is a banal kind of humor. But it appears to me that the scriptwriters have skillfully and subtly woven into the movie a deep allegorical meaning. I have searched online but haven't found anyone talking about this. I might watch it again and try to decipher the deep level of it.

So my question is do you see a deep allegorical meaning in The Longest Yard? (and possibly other Adam Sandler movies, I don't know because I haven't watched any in a long time)

Most of Adam Sandler's movies are lame, idiotic comedies, but for some reason I actually find them to be kind of entertaining. They're like any other dumb comedies, you sit down, turn your brain off, and laugh at the absurd situations, slapstick, and immature sex/toilet humor.

FYI, Jameson is a brand of whiskey, Irish whiskey to be exact. I guess what they're trying to say is that Adam Sandler comedies are only enjoyable when you're drunk. This would certainly be the case if you're the type of person who is completely incapable of "loosening up" without some chemical assistance.

Not really sure about there being deeper meanings...but I like a lot of movies he's been in, a lot are funny in my opinion, I think I've seen one movie he was in that I didn't like.

Yes I know. I just meant that maybe they put something else in that bottle. Or maybe it is just plain alcohol.

I have been thinking a lot about this "stiffness" that aspies have. I view that as a spiritual blessing. It is because we are sensitive, which is a good thing. Our tentacles are spread out wide. Being one of those relaxed comfortable people that spread out their bodies and walk in that confident way, the kind of guys that get a lot of girls for example; to me that is a sign of being insensitive. I'm so happy I'm not neurotypical. I'd take miserable, depressed and lonely over neurotypical any day. lol

I'll let this thread rest and see if anyone has seen what I've seen. When it's been up for a day or two I might give some examples of what I mean.

I think, amid all the stupidity (of which there is a considerable amount), that there is a message in Adam Sandler movies.

The message is: you could be an outcast and still succeed.

Ok, now I've waited enough. I'll give some examples of what I mean.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COSHyRpfU0s[/youtube]

First is Adam in his bed alone, drinking beer. A woman comes in and says "You have got to be kidding me. There's a huge party going on downstairs." This could be allegorical of a person "lost" in introversion and lofty thoughts about great conspiracies, spirituality etc. The woman is the temptation to fall back into the less lofty ways of integrating with the material and extrovert aspect of reality. Which of course from the perspective of the extroverts who haven't been unplugged is the only sound thing to do. And when they say it it sounds very rational, which is part of why it's so hard to distance yourself from. One of the hardest things to distance yourself from is the sexual desire, here represented by a busty woman. The football is the opposite of what it appears to be, i.e. it's getting deep into religion/philosophy/mysticism etc. Well, it doesn't look opposite from the frame of reference of those the woman represents, but it is. By that I mean that the way we view football, as a dumb distraction from reality to dull your senses, that's how those who are into extrovert activities of "making something of yourself" such as socializing, building a career etc. view sitting at home and getting all sucked up by paranoia etc.

"Do not get one scratch on my car." Could mean that when you do decide to play the game, you have to play it by the rules. The deeper you insert yourself into the game, the more limited by the rules you become, and thus more limited in general. The opposite of liberation.

"I hope they like this" he says as the police cars are crashing. That is that when you play the game, insert yourself into the matrix, you have to do it at the expense of morality and spiritual progression. You have to say f*k you to what's right to get the thrills.

"I didn't spill my beer." Again an item is something opposite of what it appears to be. Just like before in bed when he was drinking beer it represents connection to spirituality. So here he's saying that despite sinning and walking the wrong path, he still has a sense of spirituality and morality inside him.

Thoughts?

I like your personal interpretation of the movie, tomato. I doubt that the filmmakers considered the introvert vs extrovert angle you've come up with, though that doesn't mean your interpretation is in any way "wrong," since the whole point of art (& life?) is the subjective appreciation of it, which may speak to the greater situation of being 'in the matrix.'

I haven't seen the movie, but the title, tagline and plot are enough to hint at themes which are found in many, many Hollywood movies. Namely, a sort-of Gnostic situation of being trapped in a material and illusory prison, created by an insane demiurge and lorded over by the Archons, who might be the prison guards in this case.

The name "The Longest Yard" directs our attention to the prison yard, the limited amount of freedom those within the walls (of material reality) are allowed to experience. It may be the longest both in size (it represents the material universe) and in time (it lasts forever, at least relative to our short perceptions). Additionally, a yard is three feet long and it shouldn't be overlooked that 3 is an important number associated with man's journey through life (the riddle of the Sphinx is about the three ages of man, childhood, adulthood and old age).

The tagline "If you can't get out, get even" might speak to our situation in the universe: trapped forever in a possible cycle of re-brith or at least a constant re-distribution of our matter and energy. We are trapped here, and the best we can do is to "get even." Even with whoever it is running the show, with the being who is just as trapped here as we are. In this case I assume that it would have to be the Warden, a stand-in for Gods #2 man who lives inside the matrix: the devil.

Like Jim Carrey, Adam Sandler is obsessed with the number 23 and has a production company with 23 in the name. Despite this, Sandler wears the number 18, which is 6+6+6, the number of man. A yard, even the longest one, is 36 inches, and adding every number from 1 to 36 equals 666. Adam Sandler represents "Adam" or "Man" trapped in the matrix of material existence, and he is stuck playing this game of life which can never truly be won (though I assume they won in the movie?), because "the only winning movie is not to play," as you may have heard before. Jim Morrison said it best: "no one gets out alive."

These guys did an excellent analysis of Adam Sandler movies in general.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z22fSyedgoE[/youtube]

Sheesh, no wonder I haven't seen a Sandler movie in years!