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...Smart,” take obvious elements from their television experience. The film functions like a sitcom—unsurprisingly, given the writer’s background and that director Tom Dey was the mastermind behind “Showtime,” a Robert DeNiro/Eddie Murphy spoof about reality-based TV cop shows. The script juggles the main love story with numerous subplots—including one about a comical obsession with killing a mockingbird—to keep the audience from getting bored. But even the most naïve viewer can guess every point in the plot?...
...talking, of course, about Barry Bonds. And if you cringed when you saw him donning a blonde wig for an insipid American Idol spoof, wait until you read about him gulping 20 pills at one time. That?s just one of the explosive new revelations contained in ?Game of Shadows,? the book by San Francisco Chronicle reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams excerpted in this week?s issue of Sports Illustrated, which provides the most detailed, damning account to date of Bonds? steroid use. We already knew he took designer steroids ?the Cream? and ?the Clear?-America, say hello...
Daisy Does AmericaTBS, Tuesdays, 10p.m.A few years ago, there was a show on Britain’s Channel 4 called “The Eleven O’Clock Show.” It was a spoof news program in the same vein as the news correspondents’ reports on “The Daily Show.” Though you may not have heard of the show, its roster was deep with talent: Both Sacha Baron Cohen (aka “Ali G”) and Ricky Gervais (David Brent of TV?...
Weirder yet, people like that total jerk. In its first two weeks, Colbert's spoof of opinion shows drew 1.2 million viewers on average (The Daily Show pulls 1.6 million), more than double Comedy Central's rating for the 11:30 p.m. E.T. time slot a year ago. The network last week extended the show's eight-week run to a full year. It's a tribute to how well Colbert, 41, plays his gasbag alter ego--or to how annoyed his viewers are with the real-life gasbags whom he nails right down to their graphics. In the opening...
...Muslim woman) by many students with the same question: “Does this doll really exist?” So, for the record: yes, the doll exists; no, it does not speak, especially not those phrases mentioned in the ad. Maybe the staff at the Salient thought their spoof would be funny, but more than anything else, it has helped to sustain misunderstanding and has deeply offended many students on campus. In my three years here, I have always found Harvard to be a very welcoming place. The University is very clear about its non-discrimination policy...