Who could imagine Chevy Chase playing such a despicable character? But, when I recently saw his performance on the "Law And Order" episode "In Vino Vertias," meaning "In wine, there is truth, I have to say I was impressed by his acting, repelled by his character.
Chase plays Mitch Carroll, an on-the-outs New York actor, who was something of a celebrity in the day, but cannot get by now, because of his drinking. Which, of course, he does not blame for his problems. Once he starts guzzling, the ones who are blamed are the Jews in the world; Carroll is a barely self-contained Anti-Semite. He is also a narcissus supreme, and when the two chillingly coalesce, one sees how evil he is.
Because of his celeb status, Carroll got custody of his son, when his wife should have. She loves him, the father barely acknowledges his existence, yet keeps venting his anti-Semitic rhetoric at the boy, until the child absorbs it, in a desperate effort to please his father. This is taken to the extreme, when, egged on by rhetoric and desperation for , John, to please his father, hunts down and kills Danielle Hertzberg, the producer whom he believes blackballed him in the industry, and has kept him from working.
At first, John is going to take the rap from Dad. But Jack McCoy shows the boy clearly that the father is a narcissist, who does not care for anyone but himself. When the boy sees this for himself, he turns on his parent.
Mitch Carroll is no Mitch Bayes. He is a psychological abuser, and if Charlotte had beaten him to death, I would not have shed a tear.
Chevy did a wonderful job, in a role that earns for Mitch the desigination of the winner of the Raving Queen Bitch Of The Week Award.
He does go away to prison. For extra punishment, he should be forced to attend Temple services!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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