As We Like It (RiffTrax Shorts)

RiffTrax Year:  2009

Riffers:  Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett

Beer.  I'm certain we've all needed it at one point or another to get through some of the movies featured on RiffTrax or Mystery Science Theater, so let's have a toast!

As We Like It assures us that we like beer and beer likes us!  We crave it, ingest it, make sweet love to it, vomit it up in the morning...circle of life.  It offers up a small peek at the alcohol industry, bartending, and how it gets to your crystal clear glass to both refresh you and ensure you need to call a cab for the ride home.  Have one, won't you?

I can't say I learned much from this short, which seems to be more of a propaganda piece to ensure that people keep buying beer and subliminally saying it's what you want right now, even if you're sober and going through AA.  There is not a lot of talk about how beer is made, a lot of still photos of breweries and bars, and also close ups of delicious frosty cold ones.  The intent of the short seems to be shoving this imagery in your face so you'll hit the bar on the way home.  I guess that works, because I'm thirsty.

Since this short doesn't offer much except random imagery, Mike, Kevin, and Bill aren't given much to do except latch onto a flashing image and try to project a joke on it.  Some of them hit (I like how the work industry is compared to cattle with simple mooing), while others tend to just be generic exclamations of "Beer is good!"  It's successful at mocking the underlining theme of the short though I confess that it becomes monotonous after a while.  Also the short features endless narration, which means a lot of the guys talking over it, which results in a lot of dialogue overlapped with dialogue.  There are smiles to be had here, but there isn't enough of an opportunity for comedy in this particular short.

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