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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Written by Jason Segel—who also stars in the movie—and directed by Nicholas A. Stoller ’98, “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” has all the elements of a romantic comedy, mixed with Apatow’s penchant for ribald laughs, vulgar language, and nudity. Segel plays Peter Bretter, a grown-up version of his lovable oaf character from “Freaks and Geeks.” Peter, a struggling composer, is devastated when his beautiful, TV-star girlfriend, Sarah Marshall, breaks up with him. To get over...
...setup that gets dumped after a measly three episodes, I don’t know how anyone gets up the gumption to write situation comedy in the first place.“Jezebel James” wasn’t without its flaws. The characters were histrionic, the laugh track was grating, and some elements just didn’t work (Ambrose’s character needed some development, and fast). But for all of its problems, “Jezebel James” was an engaging screwball piece in the “Gilmore” mode, and many...
...abandon the pursuit of happiness.’” On the success of her film, Parise said, “My hope is that people will come to the movie and they’ll enjoy themselves and they’ll laugh but that they’ll also feel something deeper and think about something in their own lives in a new way. If that can happen then all these four years of nonstop work and play will be worth it.” —Crimson staff writer Jessica A. Estep can be reached...
...ways to end songs: either get much faster or get much slower. The results are a little simplistic but nevertheless charming. Los Campesinos! may at times be too sugary-sweet for some people’s tastes, but they’re never less than sincere and are regularly laugh-out-loud funny. No longer the elitist band that mocked Fugazi and Black Flag on “The International Tweexcore Underground,” they are prepared to write songs about concrete events and their own experiences. If they keep it going, there may soon be a lot more...
...emotional impact. Notably, the song “I Love You” by the Dandy Warhols, which features the lyric “I Love You” repeated in a trance-like rhythm, makes the violence of a rape scene even eerier. Blasted may not make you laugh or cry, but it will make your jaw drop. This production is a fine example of the good things that can be done with a bizarre and upsetting script. All of the technical and creative elements combine to create a cohesively creepy show. Although the content ranges from startling...