Would the experience be one of Spielbergian wonder, all diffused light and magical bike rides, or a nightmare of abduction and anal probes? The comedy “Paul” posits another option: Perhaps the alien, who calls himself Paul, is a potty-mouthed, potsmoking space traveler flummoxed by all these human fears of anal probes. “Am I harvesting farts?” […]
comedy
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Look ‘Deep’er
One of the known knowns of theater, as Donald Rumsfeld might put it, is that you often have highly qualified, skilled people working with average material. It’s much easier to put on a play when you’re working with a superior script, so even the best practitioners of the dramatic arts will be hard-pressed to exceed […]
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Seriously funny
The University of Oklahoma is getting serious about comedy. On Friday and Saturday, the OU College of Arts and Sciences hosts its inaugural Film Comedy Conference. All of the dozen presenters are contributors to a book being edited by OU professors and conference hosts Andrew Horton and Joanna Rapf, “The Wiley- Blackwell Companion to Film […]
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Laugh tracks
“It’s really important that I sell at least one more copy of my album than Leah,” Porter said. “That’s all I really care about. I’d consider myself a complete failure and probably kill myself. I’m just sayin.’” “I’m going to sell at least 100 more than you,” Kayajanian said. “Hell, I might end up buying […]