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Is 'Bachelor Party' (1984) Secretly About Rick's Fear of Commitment?

Okay, so I was rewatching 'Bachelor Party' (1984) the other day (don't judge, sometimes you just need a dose of Tom Hanks being ridiculous, right?), and something struck me. We're supposed to see it as just a wild, raunchy comedy, but what if it's actually about Rick's deep-seated anxiety about getting married and settling down? Hear me out. Think about it. He seems genuinely happy with Debbie at the beginning, but then the whole bachelor party thing spirals way out of control. Is it all just his friends pushing him, or is there a part of him that's silently egging them on? Like, he keeps passively going along with the craziness. That scene with the donkey? Total self-sabotage, imo. And then there's Coleen, Debbie's crazy cheating friend that the fiance's dad hires to try to seduce Rick. I think Rick almost gives in to temptation not because he wants Coleen, but because he's subconsciously testing the boundaries of his relationship. He wants to see if the grass is greener on the other side or if Debbie is truly the one for him. It's like he needs the chaos to prove to himself that Debbie and a normal life are what he really wants. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but I think the whole thing is a giant metaphor for Rick's internal struggle. He's not sure if he's ready to give up the 'freedom' of bachelorhood, even though he loves Debbie. I mean, the whole movie is basically him running from commitment in a really over-the-top, 80s comedy kind of way. I'm probably the only one who thinks this lol, but it just seems soooooo obvious to me now. Anyone else see it this way, or am I just losing my mind from too much screen time? (pun intended!)

rachelscreentime
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