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Meanwhile, there have been very few prominent female apologies in recent memory. In January, Irish MP Iris Robinson resigned and publicly repented for cheating on her husband. But it barely made a ripple in American newspapers, even though her paramour was only 19 at the time. Why is it that we're seeing more high-profile apologies from men than from women? One big reason is that there are far more men than women in high-profile positions - and thus more men who are liable to have something to publicly apologize for. But there's also some evolutionary biology involved...
...plot and premise are thoughtless and juvenile, while others claim that the movie will attempt to ride on the coattails of other successful crude comedies such as “The Hangover.” But though the movie’s comedy may not be overly refined, Robinson assures that “people will be surprised by how clever [the movie] is. There’s a lot of good in there...
...experience. As the movie’s title implies, the plot concerns a hot tub which possesses the unique ability to transport its users through time and space. The movie begins when four friends—three middle aged men, Adam, Lou, and Nick, (John Cusack, Rob Corddry, and Robinson respectively) and their younger, introverted, and videogame addicted friend, Jacob, (Clark Duke)travel to the ski lodge of their childhoods in order to escape from the grind of their adult lives. The trip is initially a disappointment; however, after a night of heavy drinking in a hot tub, the four...
...landed is also a bit of a shock, though younger audiences will not have trouble keeping up. Duke says that the film “is not like a Ken Burns documentary about the eighties. You’ll be able to keep up, I promise.” Robinson, in turn, believes that audiences will love the feel of the movie as they will, “get to take a trip back,” and “see the ridiculousness of the hairstyles and fashions...
Calling the movie a knockoff of “The Hangover” may also be a bit unfair. Though both movies recount the tales of four men who take a trip to get away from their average lives, Robinson claims that “the only similarity [between the two] is that there are four guys...