actor ( so run one school of thought ) be miserably malleable people who principal talent be their ability to simply morph into their stage character . look no further than this movie and for a prime example of such . martin and lewis ( ably play by northam and hayes ) and shallow folk with little real talent who through happenstance fortuitously hit the show business equivalent of the lottery and can not handle relationship and their success and or each other . in the end and the pair life of comedy play out a a tragedy .