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...poor performance of Grindhouse, the double feature from two fanboy deities, directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, shows that fanboy love can get you only so far. Plenty of people heard about the movie--a three-hour '70s-exploitation-style gorefest--but decided it was an inside joke they weren't going to get. "There's this perception that the geeks have inherited the earth," says Smith, "but if they had, Grindhouse would have grossed $100 million. It plays to a marginalized culture." A marginalized culture with a big stick. When Disney tried to market the sweetly sad Bridge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: Boys Who Like Toys | 4/19/2007 | See Source »

...Chantilly suggested during their sophomore year that they ought to try to bring Cho out of his funk. "We'd try to talk to him. but he'd barely respond. So one day my roommate challenged himself to get him to talk to us. We told him a joke." Cho did laugh that day, according to the student...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Cho Seung-Hui's Dorm | 4/17/2007 | See Source »

...emulates. But ultimately the difference between the two segments is the attitude each director takes towards their self-reflexivity. Rodriguez’s film is funnier, cheekier, more willing to recklessly embrace its own cheesiness. You don’t have to be a zombie savant to appreciate his joke. But Tarantino’s flick all but demands a genre aficionado to fully appreciate the references. “Grindhouse” is a testament to nostalgic perversion, a kind of tribute to rebellious baby-boomer arrested development. It nails every ridiculous convention and casual consequence of low budget...

Author: By Aleksandra S Stankovic, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Grindhouse | 4/13/2007 | See Source »

...that’s written one book and lives with his mom,” he says, but with a book that reveals the hilarious side of real life, it may be a comparison that is well deserved.“I think a lot of the jokes that I love and a lot of my favorite joke writers tend to write about serious feelings and fears that they have,” Rich says. “If a joke isn’t emotionally honest, then I feel like it usually doesn’t make you laugh...

Author: By Beryl C.D. Lipton, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rich Discusses Comedy Secrets | 4/13/2007 | See Source »

...what people bring to them. Nearing her debut, Jones describes her work on the play as an intense, rewarding experience—one she’s certain will be just as rewarding for the audience.Why should you come to the play? First, it’s hilarious. No joke, there isn’t a funnier show going up at Harvard this semester. Number two, it’s free, so you don’t have an excuse for being broke. Third, the actors are phenomenal. They’re all playing multiple roles, four or five characters...

Author: By Ruben L. Davis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: SPOTLIGHT: Kristen M. Jones '08 | 4/13/2007 | See Source »

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