Frank The Tank
An example of Henri Bergson's philosophical ideas about comedy promoting social and moral values would be Will Ferrell's character of Frank the Tank in the movie Old School. In the movie Frank is recently married and is trying to settle down and adapt to married life. But then his friend Mitch (Luke Wilson) buys a house extremely close to a college campus and it turns in to a disaster for Frank. Another friend of theirs Beanie (Vince Vaughn) implores Mitch to turn this new house into a party house so they can relive their college days. Mitch agrees and this is nothing but trouble for Frank who can not control himself while intoxicated. Frank tries to keep himself under control by letting his fellow party goers know that he can not drink because him and his wife are busy the next day going to Home Depot and Bed, Bath and Beyond if there is enough time. Once Frank starts drinking he becomes the epitome of Bergson's ideas. He becomes belligerent and takes his shirt off and starts dancing around. Everyone at the party is laughing at him because he looks so ridiculous but everyone is silently saying that they would never want to be like him. He crosses the line when he takes Snoop Dogg's microphone from him and then he crosses it even further when he began streaking throughout the town. Frank gets caught by his wife and it ultimately leads to their divorce. Frank's antimoral and antisocial behavior are hilarious from afar but it does make everyone think about how much they would never want to be in his position which in turn promotes social and moral values.
Frank the Tank mid-party
