Artykuł pochodzi z pisma "Guardian"


Shaun Levy's The Pink Panther wasn't shown to the press for reasons that soon became apparent when I saw it at a public performance. Two people (20 per cent of the audience) laughed; one was Chinese, the other, whom I couldn't see, might have been an escaped hyena. This laughless francophobic comedy stars its co-scriptwriter, Steve Martin, in what is, by my reckoning, his eighth lousy remake since 1989.
His accident-prone Inspector Clouseau lacks Peter Sellers's warmth, charm, innocence and timing. Kevin Kline's lazy performance as Chief Inspector Dreyfus has none of Herbert Lom's smouldering exasperation, and the ugly-looking movie has none of Blake Edwards' elegance.
The feeble plot has Clouseau pursuing the eponymous diamond and attempting to solve the murder of its owner, a top French soccer player. To please modern audiences, he farts explosively in the soundproof booth of a recording studio, destroys a bathroom at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel while trying to recover the Viagra tablet he needs to make love to Beyoncé Knowles, and nearly kills himself attaching electrodes to his testicles while demonstrating a torture device. Jason Statham as the murder victim is uncredited, as is Clive Owen, who appears briefly as 006 Nigel Boswell, presumably introduced in wrongful anticipation of him becoming the new James Bond.

accident-prone- pechowy, pechowiec, mający skłonność do wypadków
anticipation- antycypacja; przewidywanie
apparent- widoczny
attach- przyczepiać, przymocowywać
attempt- próbować, starać się, usiłować
charm- czar, wdzięk, urok
co-scriptwriter- współscenarzysta
device- przyrząd, urządzenie
eponymous- tytułowy
exasperation- irytacja, rozdrażnienie
fart- puszczać bąki, pierdzieć
feeble- wątły, słaby
francophobic- antyfrancuski; typowy dla frankofobów
introduce- wprowadzać, przedstawiać
laughless- pozbawiony śmiechu
lousy- nędzny, ohydny
plot- fabuła
presumably- prawdopodobnie, przypuszczalnie
pursue- ścigać, gonić za
reckoning- wyliczenie, kalkulacja
recover- odzyskiwać
smouldering- tlący się
soundproof- nieprzepuszczający dźwięków
star- przedstawiać w roli głównej
testicle- jądro


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