Portraying Laurel and Hardy’s final comic collaboration with bittersweet affection, Jon S. Baird’s film is a gamely performed tribute.
Stan Laurel, the slimmer British half of Hollywood double act Laurel and Hardy, was not one to wax lyrical about the art or mystique of comedy: “You have to learn what people will laugh at, then proceed accordingly,” he said, making vaudeville performance sound altogether as methodical and prosaic as shopping for groceries. No matter […]
