Word: humoredly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...student-turned-star (Matt Dillon) constitutes Hollywood's own coming-out comedy. It's therefore a bland comedy that ends up reinforcing, not puncturing, gay stereotypes, and squanders a cast that includes Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck, Debbie Reynolds and Bob Newhart. But Kline manages to rise above the plodding humor, as in his show-stopping dance scenes, and Selleck is terrifically funny as the sleazy, sardonic, faintly Mephistophelean tabloid reporter who dogs his footsteps. --Lynn...
...romantic comedy. But instead of being integrated into the show, Ellen's homosexuality has become the show. Situation comedies have situations--a bigot lives with his left-wing son-in-law; coed buddies get by in the big city--but the premise should allow for a range of humor. Ellen, though, is now as one-dimensional as Bewitched, where every story line, every moment, every gag relies on the same device...
...experience. Ellen leafing through the Gay Yellow Pages: "Check out the abs on that mortician." A friend of Ellen's opening a bottle of Fire Island Lager and reading the cap: "I'm a winner! Two free tickets to Lord of the Dance!" The writers have decided to find humor in gay stereotypes, but there is something brittle and off-putting about this. While that strategy may work in the movie In & Out, Ellen seems to be reaching for a campiness that doesn't suit it. Those flaws aside, the real problem may be mediocre writing. In the Yellow Pages...
...anything with a humanities degree these days!) It's easy to write this book off as another ridiculous anti-feminist joke that only makes men as a whole look even dumber. But once you shrug off your sensitivity and look past all the gratuitous sports references, you find real humor, good points, and most importantly, the honest truth--even if it is rendered by two middle-aged Boston townie...
While The Guys' Guide does share much with Macho Meditations, these two humorous little books are much farther apart than one would think. Both praise the testosterone-filled world of manly men and the obstacles created by the women they love. However, be not fooled--not all guys' lit was created equal. While Meditations subtlely works to bridge the gender gap, The Guys' Guide would rather blow it up on screen. Both books are fraught with humor and attitude. But think about which of their two attitudes you want to subscribe to before you buy either...