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Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke

 

Baked individuals on quest for quality product.

 

 

The first thirty minutes of Up in Smoke may be the best film sequence in Baked Potato history, possibly in the history of art as we know it. However, its greatness provides us with a conundrum nearly as boggling as it is humorous.

 

Is it possible that Cheech and Chong can really be acting this well, or is this movie actually an improvised skit by two thoroughly baked comedians? But if they were high, how could they possibly maintain their composure long enough to be intelligible on camera? But if they weren't, how could they pull off these scenes with that authenticity? But if they were, how could they have the patience and stamina for the endless hours it takes to shoot even the most standard of scenes? But if they weren't, how could they have the spontaneity that so obviously permeates the performance?

 

In summary, is it possibly that two fried, Mexican-looking burnouts are the creators of the funniest thirty minutes in visual history?

 

The answer: yes.

 

 

(After the first thirty, things get tougher. A girl sniffs Ajax and speaks in tongues. Hard-hat area)

 

 

(De Baked Potatoes - A pot smoker's guide to film + video, de John Hulme y Michael Wexler, Doubleday, 1996)