Alpha Wolf
The Sensitive Ape: Mighty Joe Young
After Kong destroyed his own career, some of the humans that exploited him still wanted to go with the giant monkey theme so they had to find a substitute. Someone suggested Kong's cousin Joe. He seemed like the perfect candidate, maybe he wasn't as big as Kong, but he was certainly a lot more manageable and calm. He'd do, they were sure of it.
This plan was doomed from the start. First of all Joe wasn't really interested in acting, he'd rather just live his life in the wilderness. This wasn't too much of a problem, after all they'd convinced Kong to "embrace" civilization, they could do it with Joe. However, it was apparent that Joe didn't really want to play a brute similar to Kong. He felt he should be portrayed as a more sensitive being. As a compromise the humans told him that the movie would be made in such a way that the audience would feel sympathy like they did with Kong, but Joe wasn't buying it. Rewrites and recasts plagued the productions. Joe was also a lot smarter than Kong, they couldn't exploit him like they could with Kong, he over looked everything they ever tried to make him sign and if he didn't like it then he'd tell them as much.
The third thing was it was apparent that Joe was ermÂ…a bit light on his feet and it was coming through on the screen. They quite correctly though the public wouldn't accept this, so they tried to "toughen" up his image by putting the word "Mighty" in front of his name. It didn't really help since Joe made no effort to hide who he was in public and didn't really understand why he should. Though nobody was going to say anything, since he was still an incredibly strong 12ft ape, the public wasn't ready for a "sensitive" monkey. His movies bombed, but he didn't mind, he made his money and invested it well. The joke was on the humans that tried to take advantage of him.
Last you heard he bought himself a nice home and spends most of time in his private garden tending to his exotic flowers which he grows for his own florist business.
After Kong destroyed his own career, some of the humans that exploited him still wanted to go with the giant monkey theme so they had to find a substitute. Someone suggested Kong's cousin Joe. He seemed like the perfect candidate, maybe he wasn't as big as Kong, but he was certainly a lot more manageable and calm. He'd do, they were sure of it.
This plan was doomed from the start. First of all Joe wasn't really interested in acting, he'd rather just live his life in the wilderness. This wasn't too much of a problem, after all they'd convinced Kong to "embrace" civilization, they could do it with Joe. However, it was apparent that Joe didn't really want to play a brute similar to Kong. He felt he should be portrayed as a more sensitive being. As a compromise the humans told him that the movie would be made in such a way that the audience would feel sympathy like they did with Kong, but Joe wasn't buying it. Rewrites and recasts plagued the productions. Joe was also a lot smarter than Kong, they couldn't exploit him like they could with Kong, he over looked everything they ever tried to make him sign and if he didn't like it then he'd tell them as much.
The third thing was it was apparent that Joe was ermÂ…a bit light on his feet and it was coming through on the screen. They quite correctly though the public wouldn't accept this, so they tried to "toughen" up his image by putting the word "Mighty" in front of his name. It didn't really help since Joe made no effort to hide who he was in public and didn't really understand why he should. Though nobody was going to say anything, since he was still an incredibly strong 12ft ape, the public wasn't ready for a "sensitive" monkey. His movies bombed, but he didn't mind, he made his money and invested it well. The joke was on the humans that tried to take advantage of him.
Last you heard he bought himself a nice home and spends most of time in his private garden tending to his exotic flowers which he grows for his own florist business.