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...thinking about what went into conservative humor, who is considered its audience, and how it differs from a lefty approach to comedy.You probably know writer/director David Zucker best for making “Airplane!” and the “Naked Gun” series. He has self-nominated himself as the “Master of Movie Satire.”On the surface, the trailer for “An American Carol” isn’t really a deviation from that of any potentially mediocre comedy: a rough plot is introduced, star power...
...heard those little ambient noise machines that pump out “nature sounds” all night and really don’t help anyone sleep. But instead of just smashing the thing, Brooklyn duo High Places have found an actual use for one. On their self-titled debut album, High Places layer cross-cultural melodies over naturalistic soundscapes (think rainforest) with surprising success. At first, it may sound like a mess—discombobulated, slapdash, and just plain weird. But High Places aren’t just some randoms who decided to combine their love of global ethnic...
...work, falls in love, fights with both his roommates and the college’s faculty, and in so doing pushes himself into isolation. By the end of this brief, cruel novel, Marcus is more Roth’s whipping boy than his galley slave—one whose self-loathing Roth weaves with his own fascination with mortality.The book progresses under Marcus’s narration, where he reveals to the reader, after a time, that he is telling this story from beyond the grave. For Roth fans, this will come as no surprise; one of Roth?...
...Nick, and their relationship springs from there as they attempt to track down the secret show put on that night in New York by Where’s Fluffy. In many ways, this is exactly what we’ve come to expect from Cera. He is his normal self, relying on smiles and awkward movements to convey emotion. People who fell in love with him in “Juno” will be satisfied again, but there is no way he can carry this movie. His cute boy-next-door charm is effective when coupled with a strong...
...no… I think I have gas” and “Groupies!”). Inexplicably, a bald woman thinks, “Pull my hair.” Women are crazy. Ludacris, the rapper whose modest height will always belie his astronomical self-esteem, constantly reminds us that he both subjugates women and deeply respects them. After spitting “So get loose and slide off your damn garments / Show ’em who’s the boss, they take orders from the sergeant,” he gets sentimental...