“Bill & Ted Face the Music” was one of my favorite movies that I saw during lockdown.
I saw many better films too, but there was something about the eternal optimism and good nature of William S.
Preston, Esq.
(Alex Winter) and Theodore Logan (Keanu Reeves) that made them feel like the kind of heroes we needed during a pandemic, one of the weirdest and most uncertain situations many of us have ever experienced.Stuck at home for far longer than natural, it was comforting to hang out with old screen pals in lieu of our real-life friends.
This may be why the era of Covid-19 also saw the unlikely phenomenon of people binge-watching old episodes of “Columbo.” Perhaps there isn’t too much difference between Bill and Ted and Peter Falk’s shambling detective.
The movies and the show are set in sunny California; the stakes are low; and the protagonists are unassuming,
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