2006-12-19 11:03:08 · 7 answers · asked by darryl j 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Murray stars as Frank Cross, a high-up television executive who has worships at the Church of Better Ratings. He has given up all of his personality and personal life for his work, spending long hours at the office and demanding those around him to do the same. This Christmas Eve, his station IBS is broadcasting a large-scale, live version of A Christmas Carol starring Olympic gymnast Mary Lou Retton as Tiny Tim, the lad with a limp. Because of its big budget and the pressures that come with going on live, Cross is under a lot of stress and as such spreads it to those around him.
When the humanity in Cross is all but gone, he is visited by the ghost of his old boss. He brings on three ghosts that will visit Cross over the night with hopes of changing his rotten ways. In true Dickens fashion, Cross is taken on a journey to various Christmases past, present and future to show how his bad attitude affects him and those close to him.
The standard interpretation of A Christmas Carol is that it must be taken very seriously. Scrooged takes the comedic path, updating it for a more modern crowd who might not relate to a man getting angry for his workers using too much coal to stay warm or why it might be a big deal for someone to steal a dead person's sheets. Instead Scrooged is an update done right. It reflects and expands on the themes that are still applicable today instead of those that are irrelevant. The main one is devoting too much time to one's work. It's no secret that the corporate ladder is not normally a fast-moving place. It can be but chances are it will require long hours. For many today the prospect of making it to the top and staying there is motivation enough to become a workaholic, devoting your life to the desk and computer rather than maintaining a healthy home life. In A Christmas Carol, Ebeneezer Scrooge was the poster child for workaholics. That's all he did other than sleeping and eating. Cross is much the same. And it has been so long since he lived a 'normal' lifestyle that he thinks everyone should be working long hours with him. While Cross may be greedy, the most condemning aspect of his personality is the way he treats others and how his devotion to higher ratings will very soon lead to his downfall.
2006-12-19 11:06:51 · answer #1 · answered by Lady Albritton 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bill Murray plays Frank Cross in the film scrooged
2006-12-19 11:06:18 · answer #2 · answered by mcgehee03 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Frank Cross is Bill Murray's character
2006-12-20 04:56:14 · answer #3 · answered by ariesgirl2002 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frank Cross
2006-12-19 11:06:57 · answer #4 · answered by imhere4u24_7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Francis Xavier (Frank) Cross
2006-12-19 11:06:29 · answer #5 · answered by zah 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nobody seems to have mentioned that Karen Allen's character Claire Phillips called him "Lumpy".
2006-12-19 11:12:45 · answer #6 · answered by DanSweet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow! I was gonna answer, but lady should get the 10! 8-)
2006-12-19 11:09:04 · answer #7 · answered by dazed*n*confused 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋