A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Throughout the movie, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, many jokes are made at the expense of the characters. The characters were typically an extreme stereotype of the type of person the actor was portraying. Senex, the old man who was the father of Hero and husband of Domina, was an grumbling obedient husband who was always eyeing the girls in the house next door and muttering complaints about his wife. Hero was a clumsy, fool. Philia main quality was being "lovely." Gloriosus was a narcissistic soldier. Most of the jokes are made the characters expense based on whatever their flaw was. The jokes and characters are used to critique the epics of Ancient Rome and Hollywood and the grandeur they put in their movies. Which makes it worth watching.