Jimmy:
[watching Ferris Bueller's Day Off] This movie has one of the greatest villains of all time.
Edgar:
Yeah. Principal Rooney is so mean.
Jimmy:
Rooney? Rooney's not the villain.
Edgar:
Oh, you mean the sister, that girl from...
Jimmy/Edgar:
...Dirty Dancing/Wind.
Jimmy:
Okay, first of all, Wind is what you retained from Jennifer Grey's career? And no, she's not the villain either.
Edgar:
Then who is?
Jimmy:
Cameron.
Edgar:
Cameron? No. Cameron's his best friend, Cameron's his sidekick.
Jimmy:
Edgar, I think I know a little something about Campbellian storytelling. Ferris is the hero, Jennifer Grey is the foil, Principal Rooney is the fool, Sloane is the sidekick, Cameron's the villain.
Edgar:
Wait, how is Cameron the villain?
Jimmy:
Ferris just wants to show Cameron a fun day for once in his pathetic little life, but Cameron acts like a whiny knob the whole time, subverting every attempt at fun with his passive-aggressive anxiety and relentless nay-saying, essentially ruining what might be Ferris's last day of freedom by being a miserable, agoraphobic, cockblocking enemy of fun!
Edgar:
Cameron's sick, he doesn't even want to go out, but Ferris guilts him into it and...and makes him steal his father's luxury automobile.
Jimmy:
Are we even watching the same movie?
Edgar:
I think so.
