Police Academy

Police Academy was a series of comedy films made in the 1980s and early 1990s.

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Comedy film - 1980s - 1990s

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The series opened with Police Academy (1984) which started with the premise that a new mayor had announced a policy requiring the police department to accept all willing recruits. The movie followed a group of misfit recruits in their attempts to prove themselves capable of being police officers.

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1984 - Mayor - Policy - Police

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In general, all of the movies and television shows depended on low-brow humor, usually based on simple characterizations and physical comedy. As with many similar movies, the theme was a group of underdogs struggling to prove themselves while various stereotyped authority figures tried to suppress them. The films have not been well received by critics over the years; indeed, in 2004 the magazine Total Film said that making more than one Police Academy was the 8th "dumbest decision in movie history".

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Movie - Television - Humor - Characterization - Physical comedy - Stereotype - Critic - 2004 - Magazine - Total Film

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The first film grossed $81.2 million in America, with the following films earning $150 million in total.

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Recently, Paul Maslansky has indicated that he is considering making another Police Academy movie. He is said to have approached actors from all the previous films (with the exception of David Graf, who died in 2001) and received a good response from many of them.

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Paul Maslansky - Actor - David Graf - 2001

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