Only Murders in the Building has just re-entered the elite class of Hulu with Season 3 after the ginormous success of its previous seasons. From bringing back beloved pop star Selena Gomez as an actress to becoming the greatest gift to mystery lovers in a while, the show has a lot to boast about. Its most stunning achievement, however, is rebranding Steve Martin as a Gen-Z favorite with his witty one-liners. But looks like Netflix is not ready to let go of the classic Steve Martin with a recent addition to its catalog.

The OTT Mogul, as it has come to be called, has a jugular grip on pop culture and hence the making and breaking of a star. While there is little to nothing it can do to affect the prominence of Martin, it may have just hindered his path to becoming a Gen-Z icon by reminding fans of his most controversial role.

Netflix reminds Only Murders in the Building fans that Steve Martin was The Jerk

The Internet has of late taken a liking to highlight the contrast of lenses through which different generations viewed their favorite stars. And Netflix saw this as the perfect opportunity to ride the coattails of its rival, Hulu, as it released the third season of its known money maker, Only Murders in the Building. Netflix is bringing back The Jerk starring Steve Martin to its catalog. And although it may be the Hulu show’s more beautiful sister in terms of humor, it is nothing less than a despised distant relative that Martin and his character Charles-Haden Savage ignore even at funerals.

Released in 1979, The Jerk made a splendid addition to Steve Martin’s already overflowing collection of timeless classics from the 90s. He played the character of Navin Johnson. A white man who, because of being raised in a black family, considered himself as one. Released in an era when racial appropriation was still an unreleased concept, Steve Martin’s character was hailed for its slapstick humor. He was socially awkward, devoid of common sense, and everything Martin’s Only Murders in the Building character is not.

While Netflix took things four decades back, it may just play out to show the progress of The Jerk actor. Especially, as “What do you think I am, some kind of jerk or something?” now several strong contenders.

Best Steve Martin quotes as Charles-Haden Savage

Given how it boasts of a cast so revered that even three times Academy Award winner Meryl Streep did not mind joining in, Only Murders in the Building definitely has a penthouse in the brilliant category. And to pay this mortgage, it heavily depends on Steve Martin’s slick delivery of effortlessly hilarious one-liners.

In the opening scene of Season 1, Martin’s character explained that New York was safe because it was impossible to bury a body in a fourteen-storied apartment. Then again, when the trio met for the first time, Haden’s deadpan remark to Oliver’s story was, “Even the elevator wanted the story to end.” But the one-liner that had everyone rolling on the floor laughing was when he said he would charm his dates by telling them the “I slept with a murderer!” story. Maybe he already is a Gen-Z icon.

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