Mr. Bean in this absurd world

         Who doesn’t know Mr. Bean? May be we will not find a single person who doesn’t know him. All are aware with his character. Still his character is favourite among all age groups. Though you want to know more about him you can click HERE 

         From my schooldays I am the big fan of Mr. Bean series. Not only because his character is funny but he lives in the world of his own. I know logically it is not possible because no one can live like him unless the person is having some mental deformity. But if we observe the character of Mr. Bean, he is very intelligent and also fun loving person. He tries to make himself happy by doing efforts for himself only. We find he is little bit selfish also when he invites his friends for a Christmas party. He is also a poor man having almost no friends but yes, one girlfriend whom Bean treats badly or we can say funnily.

In my last semester of Masters I have studies some terms related existentialism. Recently when I watched an episode of Mr. Bean series I found some characteristics of it in him. Generally existentialism means,

“A philosophical theory or approach which emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.” (Wikipedia)

Before I express my views I want you to view this video…

         
             


      The character of Mr. Bean is alone living in house and has no relatives or good friends. He has one Teddy bear which he pretends that it is alive and also takes care of it (but sometimes also hurts it). We really don’t know about his past and his full name. He is happy with his life and enjoys every movement alone only. We never see him upset because of his loneliness rather he enjoys it. He treats others as he thinks he should. He never regrets for his deeds but tries to hide it as you can watch in his library visit – Click here

         We can observe that he hardly speak anything except his name. His dialogues are his expressions and without saying anything he conveys his message to us. It seems like silence comedy but it is not only a comedy show.

       

         He is very much distanced from the absurd world though he is living in it with enjoying the life. When we watch the series we can observe that he is creating humor from very trivial things like shopping, meeting with a dentist, In wedding ceremony, at cinema and having dinner in restaurant. This reminds me Harold Pinter’s play “The Birthday Party” in which he has created humor through trivial things and activities like the scene on breakfast table. The same thing we can observe in “Waiting for Godot” by Samuel Becket where he creates humor in playing with hats and practicing Yoga.

       

       It also reflects some characteristics of post-modern world like selfish attitude towards world which is like hopelessness because Mr. Bean never expects anything from other; he is a man of his own will. He do things naturally which doesn’t seem important for us but for him it is something very important. In most of the series he seems like an escapist who tries to escape from various problems of his life but every time he escapes differently. We also find that in little things which other people find interesting and exciting, he doesn’t enjoy it like the visit of Fun Park.

        Whenever I am studying and I want to take break, I used to watch Mr. Bean episodes from Youtube.

          I hope you enjoyed reading this blog. Please share your valuable comments on this. Enjoy watching Mr.Bean.