I think Chevy has the possibilty of making a comeback, but it'll have to be with someone who knows how to embrace his presorna, who gives him something to work with and who actually directs him. Look ath the directiors who gave him his great performances, Ritche, Rietman, et al

What Chase needs is a Bill Murray style comeback where some young smart director who knows how to tap into him can work with him (Anderson to Murray) or some indie director with some cred and intelligence (Jarmush to Murray), that is what Chevy needs

what disturbs me more in this article was the stement, "yeah I pretty much rewrote my whole part by riffing" and the assertation that this was going to be the next "method acting", basically what this guy is saying is, "I'm smarter and funnier then the writer" whilst studing drama one thing my professor always told us was don't go off the script you haven't earned it. If the writer is on set and says "hey that's a good idea" it's a good thing, when the writer gets ignored then it has the possibilty of being a disaster

with Aptow and crew it works because most of the time the writer is either the director or star or supporting actor in the movie, that's fine they can control it a little more.

I guess my fear is someone is going to get the bright idea to remake the Odd Couple and decide it's ok to riff on Neil Simon or something. And no, scripted comedy isn't dead, nor is broad comedy, people still like seeing other people getting hit in the balls (see the continunted success of America's Home Videos and the ___ Movie(s)) and I'm sorry if Woody Allen decided to make another scripted comedy then it's probably going to work