Adam Sandler joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 1990 and quickly became one of the most popular comedians on the show. He has achieved the most success in stand-up comedy. In the film, a well-meaning couple adopts a seemingly innocent 7-year-old boy (Michael Oliver) who becomes a destructive troublemaker. He got noticed for his role in the second Beverly Hills Cop movie and also for playing Mr. In 1990, the term was further popularized by the box-office success of the American comedy film Problem Child. The severity of problem child weakened with time, suggesting more of a rowdy and mischievous child, rather than one with developmental challenges.īy at least the 1970s, the term became a favorite metaphor in business and finance, where it refers to “risky business investments that drain company resources without turning a profit,” as Investopedia explains. The article suggests that “by reason of defective intellect, unbalanced character or bad environment,” the problem child “is unable to fit in the way a normal child should do.”
The term spread in the press by at least a 1926 edition of The Age, an Australian newspaper. The term problem child dates back to the 1920s where it is defined as “a costly, nagging, persistent proposition…”
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