Just Pillow Talk’s Birthday Nightmare: The King of Comedy (1983)

Welcome all to Just Pillow Talk’s continuing descent into madness. Having said that, though, I do honestly feel that Martin Scorsese is on a one man mission to preserve the poor devil’s sanity. Last time, when he was in the mire, Taxi Driver popped up and eased the pain temporarily, and this time it’s a much-overlooked gem of a film: The King of Comedy.

The alternative view, of course, is that it’s just setting him up for a real beating in the next round. To misquote someone famous: it’s not the misery that hurts, but the hope that really gets him down.

Let’s see how he got on…