Submitted by slatersays22 t3_ze5pr2 in movies
So I recently re-watched Wayne’s World for the first time since I was a teenager and being a little older and wiser I noticed something. Wayne is actually kinda the bad guy…
-He breaks his contract by upsetting the producers, losing his show.
-He abandons Garth by leaving him stuck on air without him.
-His jealousy of Rob Lowe’s character causes him to act out and lose his girlfriend.
Then he acts like the whole world’s against him! Like no my guy everything bad that just happened to you was a result of YOUR actions! We’re set up to view Rob Lowe’s character Benjamin as the villain, but shy of one line towards the end (“is that you or the snake” line at Cassandra’s videoshoot) he doesn’t act overly slimy or villainous, he’s just a producer doing his job.
Is there any other films that come to mind, that set up a main character who does dumb shit but never has to answer for it? (Obviously excluding character studies like American Psycho)