This is possibly a bit of a shameful thing to admit, but until today, I did not know George Segal passed away earlier this year. I suspect that in March, when it happened, I was in the midst of one of my news rehabs, that are supposed to help to save whatever mental health I have left. But, admittedly, I also cannot say I am the biggest expert on the life and career of George Segal. I have seen King Rat and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, but other than that, mostly the later movies in which his role was pretty much cameos.
Having said all that, it seems even sillier that the movie I watched, in a way to honor him, was Flirting with Disaster, in which Segal has… pretty much a cameo.
Another problem with the film is that it was made by David O. Russell, someone I do not trust, to put it bluntly — his personal life aside, I have trouble connecting to the stories he tells and the way he chooses to tell them. It makes me worried my bias might have negatively impacted the experience of watching Flirting with Disaster, because to be honest, it seems on paper like something I might enjoy. The story is cute (ON PAPER) and the cast is amazing.
George Segal plays alongside Mary Tyler Moore and this turned out to be problem number three — she does overshadow him a bit. Well, I will try to show more respect to George Segal because I feel like I did him wrong.
Swingin' at the Seance 