Word: revell
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...Larry Sanders Show (HBO) A sitcom about a talk show, starring a real-life talk-show host, who last starred in a sitcom as himself, a comedian with a sitcom. One's first impulse is to tell Garry Shandling to get a life. The second is to revel in this wicked expose of show-business narcissism -- TV's shrewdest media satire since Tanner...
...Crowe is not maliciously satirizing a certain region of the country or political view. Drew’s more liberal immediate family and his conservative, religious southern relatives are both equally outlandish. Instead, Crowe focuses on the chaos that is present in each of our lives, encouraging us to revel in it (after all, isn’t every family a bit strange?). Because of Crowe’s strong direction and writing, the audience will come to appreciate “Elizabethtown” despite its flaws and idiosyncrasies—kind of like that crazy family member...
...grab a bag of SoyChips, chips for us carbophobes who buy into the gospel that Vogue preaches,” she tells us conspiratorially. But her descriptions of the scanty (or nonexistent) outfits in which she trots off to parties, meant to make her audience revel in the bacchanalia of college life, don’t gel with her supposed embarrassment...
...hour-long program has been a hit for the BBC and rights owner Sony. Filming starts in May on a second series, following a January-February run in which viewership swelled with each Tuesday, 8 p.m. airing. Why do people watch? Maybe to cringe, learn or revel with the occasional winner, whose businesses have included tailor-made clothes for women, beanbag-like hammocks, and mushrooms. Just as in real VC handshakes, deals can unravel during postshow due diligence. There's a Clay Aiken effect too. Like the Idol loser who flourished, Dragon rejects have found cash elsewhere. Dragons' Den looks...
...this context, we can revel in the downfall of favorites. Improbable upsets are what make the upcoming weekend the greatest four days of the year...