It’s pointless trying to second guess Bill Murray – just when you’ve got him pegged as crazy old joker he’ll turn up in a Jim Jarmusch movie.
Then, just when you’ve decided that Bill Murray is an indie wunderkid he’ll go and do Garfield 2: A Tale Of Two Kitties. Then, right when Bill Murray is being accused by his ex-wife of being a violent drunken drug addict, he goes and leaps out of plane to raise money for wounded war veterans, which he plans to do next month.
It’s so confusing, isn’t it? Why can’t Bill Murray just try and combine his various identities into one manageable identity. Yes, that’s right, we are suggesting that Bill Murray makes a zany comedy movie about a cartoon cat searching for meaning in his life by getting leathered on booze, jumping out of a plane and punching a woman in the face. That’s exactly what we’re suggesting. What of it?
Bill Murray is notoriously hard to pin down. Instead of an agent he’s got a voicemail that he chooses to answer as and when he wants to. Instead of an entourage he has whichever students are at the nearest drunken party he decides to crash. Instead of Access Hollywood he has bewildering appearances on American Chopper.
But lately, even by his standards, things seem to be going awry in Bill Murray’s life. Maybe all these years of playing middle-aged men in the throes of deep mid-life crises have rubbed off, because Bill certainly seems to be sliding off in that direction.
Look at the facts. Drink driving arrest? Check. Recent messy divorce from a long-term wife? Check. Completely unexplainable decision to star as the mayor of an underground city in a generic Walden Media film that nobody in their right mind would watch? Sadly, check.
Jumping out of an aeroplane? An actual flying aeroplane in the sky? On purpose? We’ll be darned if Bill Murray isn’t planning to do that too. We fear that leather trousers and an earring are only weeks away. E! Online reports:
The funnyman has signed up to parachute out of a plane next month to honor veterans during the 50th Annual Chicago Air and Water Show. The publicity stunt is on behalf of USO Illinois, an organization that provides aid to wounded war vets at home and overseas.
Wait, so Bill Murray is only jumping out of a plane to help injured soldiers? That’s not very mid-life crisisy at all is it?
Bill Murray, it’s important you stick to within the badly-defined parameters we set you. Look, let’s meet in the middle. You can still jump out of a plane, but you have to grow a ponytail first. And then eye up a dolly bird young enough to be your granddaughter. And then pretend that you think Vampire Weekend are cool. It’s the only way.