Word: slapstick
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...always eager to hear it, the poignant truth of Joe E. Brown's flippant observation to Lemmon at the end of Some Like It Hot: "Nobody's perfect." Jack Lemmon wasn't either, but he had one great American trait--bravery--that served him well as deft comedian and slapstick tragedian, cunning artist and surpassing entertainer...
...link between the individual and his historic moment may be more focused in the recent trilogy, but the interest was there from the start." Roth is a serious writer who has never been somber in print; his narrative voice is unique, and so is the way he consistently wrings slapstick comedy out of the tics and obsessions of his characters. No one else writing today has been more amusing or more enlightening...
...publisher’s Popular Culture and Philosophy series. (Volume 1 was called Seinfeld and Philosophy; Volume 3, forthcoming, is entitled The Matrix and Philosophy.) The book is a shameless attempt to pander to all the intellectuals and psuedo-intellectuals who recognize and celebrate the sophisticated and slapstick comedy of “The Simpsons,” but it is more of a general(ly mediocre) survey of various philosophical concepts that can be projected onto the show. We get essays by random associate and assistant professors of philosophy entitled “Homer and Aristotle...
physical and fratboy comedians Jones and Scott will no doubt bring laughs with their traditional slapstick antics. More surprising and perhaps more enticing are the unconventional roles of Duchovny and Moore in a comedy. Judging by the film's trailer, in which Duchovny rocks out in a Jeep with his two male cohorts and Moore trips embarrassingly upon introducing herself to a group of individuals, the two actors are game. The film's tagline reads "Have a nice end of the world." If it succeeds in its goal, viewers of Evolution will have a nice laugh in the process...
...gives good lines and cunning motives to the stars, especially the newly gaunt Grant, who's irresistible as a randy cad. And, except for a catastrophic third act that comprises about 14 endings, two transatlantic flights and a long, clumsy fight scene, director Sharon Maguire nicely juggles the slapstick and heartbreak...