Genre Research: Bad Boys

 

Bad boys main elements are the slapstick violence and farce. The 'buddy comedy' genre is fairly well-known.  There have been plenty of them, all of them primarily based on the basic idea of having two main characters.  Who are, well, buddies; they act like friends to each other.  They get in fights, they help each other out. They also compliment each other.  This all starts from a case involving someone whose evidence from a $100 million heroin bust is stolen. Who get in trouble with the chief, who yells at them. And with a chick from Internal Affairs, who takes them off the case. While all of this, they still find a way to make jokes. The plot is like a jigsaw puzzle with pieces.  The dialogue runs on endlessly. This emphasizes the point of farce because this is all happening so quickly.

There are also a lot of curious interludes in which Lawrence and Smith do verbal riffs.  Interrupting each other, stream of consciousness. Finishing each other's sentences or not bothering to complete thoughts at all. To show a kind of easy familiarity, I guess. We are glad they know each other so well. We wish we knew them well enough to figure out what they think they're saying. This is the precise timing element being used to create the comedy.