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...talented cast. Daniel R. Pecci ’09 as Nick Bottom, the weaver, was among the most memorable cast members. Instead of playing Bottom as simply half-man, half-ass, Pecci embraced the character so fully that he acted like a total ass. Consistently eliciting a laugh from the audience, even when he was not speaking, Pecci played Bottom with hilarious complexity—simultaneously vain, insecure, and ridiculous...
...Kevin Durant: Not at all. I'm not going Hollywood. The point of the class was to be goofy. My teammate was in it with me, and that's all we did. We made everyone laugh. We got a lot of participation points from that...
...Wizards All-Star] Gilbert Arenas, because he said 'it's about proving people wrong.' A lot of people doubted me. And they still doubt me now to be honest. A lot of people are saying that, 'he's not going to do anything in the NBA.' But I just laugh...
...indeed, a moment of truth in Iraq. "This is a decisive phase," a member of Petraeus' staff told me and began to laugh. "That's one of our favorite jokes. It's always a decisive phase. But this time, I guess you'd have to say, it actually is." Operation Phantom Thunder, the nationwide offensive launched by U.S. and Iraqi troops in mid-June, may well be the last major U.S-led offensive of the war. "We couldn't really call it what it is, Operation Last Chance," says a senior military official. There is widespread awareness among the military...
...movie," says an industry power broker. "It's such an easy 'yes' for a studio exec." For one such pooh-bah, Matt Tolmach, co-president of production at Sony Pictures, the guidelines are simple: "It is critical that you not overthink comedies," he says. "Did this script make me laugh out loud sitting alone on my couch? If it did, I should consider it. If it didn't, I shouldn't. What's funny is funny. Funny is worth taking seriously...