Caucasian Kidnapping

Kidnapping Caucasian Style reminded me of a Three Stooges flick. Some may say that the physical humor was the thing that caught my eye and made me think of those masters of comedy, but it somewhat seemed to go beyond that. Each of the three henchmen resembled one of the three stooges, and there was a goofball character who acted very much like Curly.

It seemed interesting that even quite a few years after the stooges had stopped creating films, people still imitated their style.

The similarities I found may have prevented me from seeing many differences in this example of Russian comedy to our version of comedy in the West. It seems that humor is a universal concept. People like to see others get hurt, we like interesting situations. The only difference that I've really noticed is that the Soviet comedies seem to feature a bit more song than the comedies that have come from our country. But in all other aspects, besides language, it seemed that Kidnapping Caucasian Style could have been from America just as easily. The humor, the characters, and the filming seeemed as if they could have come from the director of It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World.