Inspired the news that Bill Murray was stopped in Stockholm on suspicion of drunkenly driving a golf cart (yes, seriously), I just spent an hour on YouTube watching fan tributes to the former Ghostbuster. It’s amazing how many of these somehow involve Bill Murray successfully or unsuccessfully attempting to save the world. The clip above is my favorite–I just think it’s really funny that even with the Power Rangers egging him on, our hero just isn’t very good at flying–but there’s also this clip, in which Bill Murray “rebuilds the WTC in godlike miracle.” And really: on some level, isn’t Lost in Translation just a little girl’s fantasy of Bill Murray rescuing her from adulthood? Especially if you assign any merit to this interpretation of the final scene.
Is the idea that Bill Murray will bail us out of catastrophe just ingrained in the collective consciousness of our generation? Has everybody really seen Ghostbusters as many times as I have? Or is it more of a Groundhog Day, “he’s A god, he’s not THE God” type of thing?
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