re: It's really a tragedy Chris Farley is dead

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Because he would play an excellent Rob Ford, Toronto's mayor who did crack. The guy is oblivious and would be perfect for Farley to portray him. I'd green light that film immediately and hire the funniest screenwriter I could afford to do a mockumentary of Farley portraying him. It's sad, because it seems to have been a role he was born to play.

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The thing is, he died before he could give a more "serious" comedic effort. It seems many comics start with slapstick and then move on to show us some real acting chops.

We'll never know if he could have pulled off a role like that besides from being fat.

*I am not aware of a less slapstick role, so inform me if I missed something.