VAN WILDER 2: THE RISE OF TAJ

The synopsis below, from the IMDb, is a rather sober outline of the plot of this film. It does not indicate the tone. That is indicated by the title, Van Wilder 2, following Ryan Reynolds in the original and now Karl Penn as his successor.

Van Wilder had its origins in a National Lampoon series and this is the origin of its tradition. This is the kind of comedy that can be called raucous. It is also raunchy, plenty of sexual overtones and undertones, a touch and anarchical, especially an American comedy taking place in the British University, Camford (the alternate to Oxbridge!).

In fact, the outline is fairly familiar. The outsider comes in, is looked down on by the toffs, humiliated, finding himself amongst the slackers, deciding to build them up as rival competitors.

“Having graduated in the US as Van Wilder disciple, now self-confident Taj Mahal. arrives as 'don' (teaching assistant) history at England's super-prestigious Cambridge. He falls victim to the haughty, aristocratic leading fraternity's president Pip's usual prank for 'commoners', landing in the derelict 'barn' with other 'social outcasts'. But Taj decides to band the rejects into a new fraternity, Cocks & Bulls, which under his leadership challenges Pip's in the annual all-round excellence championship. Written by KGF Vissers

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