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...Dewey Cox Story, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Drillbit Taylor, Step Brothers and Pineapple Express - and inspiring a slew of imitators. He was the first to show that our porn- and profanity-saturated culture is actually underpinned by churchgoing morals. Crudeness became a cover for sensitivity; he created a generation of Alan Aldas who talk like frat boys. Compared with the comedies that dominated the 1990s - movies by the Farrelly brothers, Jim Carrey and Adam Sandler in which over-the-top characters triumph over an evil dumb guy - Apatow's movies are bildungsromans in which low-key guys push aside their comic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking Judd Apatow Seriously | 7/30/2009 | See Source »

...time when financial considerations trumped all. However, some experts say privately that Indonesia's move may be a temporary gesture to please constituents during an election year. "There's greater attention being paid and more reporting and willingness of police and governments to take action in these cases," says Alan Boulton, Director of the International Labor Organization's Jakarta office. "NGOs have been able to bring attention [to] abuse cases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia Pushes for Better Migrant-Worker Protection | 7/28/2009 | See Source »

...park attendant named Alan, happily explained the 10 runs, 10 free wings deal, totally unprovoked. My seat was on the club level, so I could order food directly to my seat...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips | Title: A FAN FOR SALE PART 2: Angels Aren't Just in the Outfield | 7/27/2009 | See Source »

...talking with the fans sitting next to me about how the Angels now remind us, more than any other team, of the Braves in the 90s. The guy, who as it turned out was Alan Autry (no relation to Gene, I think), regaled me with stories about going to Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium while in Georgia shooting the TV show, “In the Heat of the Night,” to watch the Braves make their worst-to-first comeback...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips | Title: A FAN FOR SALE PART 2: Angels Aren't Just in the Outfield | 7/27/2009 | See Source »

...Alan Autry, along with his son, Austin, was a consummate Angels fan. From talking with him, it sounded like Angels fans are laid back without being too laid back. The beef I had with PETCO was that the fans didn’t really seem all that into the game. Angel fans knew what was going...

Author: By Dixon McPhillips | Title: A FAN FOR SALE PART 2: Angels Aren't Just in the Outfield | 7/27/2009 | See Source »

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