What does the "Cosmetologist" line mean?

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In The Jerk (1979) there's a line like this:

Navin: Really? A cosmetologist? It must be tough to handle the weightlessness.

What does it mean?



Best Answer

The humor is in the misconception that a cosmetologist goes into space, which is weightless.

The word Navin was confusing was COSMONAUT - an astronaut, or COSMOLOGIST - astrophysicist.




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