Mr. Bean falls from the sky in a
beam of light like he has fallen out of heaven. Bean rarely speaks throughout
the episode and there is a lot of physical humour. In the first act, Bean goes
to a Laundromat and realizes that he wants to wash the underwear what he is
wearing. Accidentally he gets his trousers mixed up with a lady’s skirt. This
escalates the taunting he receives from a bully. With revenge, Bean substitutes
the bully’s soap with black coffee. Later, after retrieving his mutated washing
from the drier, Bean needs to retrieve his trousers from the lady's washing so
he climbs into the drier to find them. The lady returns and closes it without
noticing Bean is still inside it.
Watching Mr. Bean has been part
of my childhood. I also liked that he came into trouble without really wanting
to. This series I find is truly British humour by presenting it with physical
humour and expressions. Mr. Bean is hilarious and giving an image of a child
being in an adults body. Bean gives several unusual schemes and contrivances to
everyday tasks. Yet, with rarely no words spoken throughout the entire episode
one can still follow the whole story and know exactly what Bean is thinking,
especially thinking of doing something mischievous. This is what makes this
series such a hit!
I love how he, without speaking, gets into the most ridiculous situations! For a reanimation course I had to take for work, they actually showed us a clip of Bean trying to "save a life" as a comic relief, worked really well. And I think Rowan Atkinson is a genius for playing Bean the way he does.
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