I saw this movie in theaters in the year 2000 and I distinctly remember being blown away. Not at the outstanding cinematography and animation, or the terrifically plotted physical gags, or even the strong anti-capitalist and feminist themes (even though 7 year old demi was a socialist to the core)– but specifically at one joke. Ginger says “Where there’s a will, there’s a way.” And Rocky says “and I will be leaving this way.”I went “Holy shit. You can just do that? They just wrote a new joke based on some old words. What the fuck?” And literally every time anyone has mentioned Chicken Run since I saw that film, I remember that line and my cheesy ass grinning in the theater, recognizing the joy of wordplay for what was probably the first time. Maybe that’s the moment I realized I wanted to be a comedy writer. In which case, anything I’ve ever written that you don’t like, can be blamed on Chicken Run. Damn Brits!!Movie is good! I love you, Babs!
