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...summertime and the living is vulgar over at the multiplex. Since Sandler is Click's producer, you have to believe that it is tailored entirely to his demands. So almost before you know it, the movie is offering the mother of all stupid - is there any other kind? - flatulence jokes. And bimbo jokes. And sexual performance jokes. And, especially, horny dog jokes. Eventually, they give up on "writing" and call in the special-effects technicians, who literally inflate Sandler to the point where you want to turn your eyes from the screen. In short, the movie is all about pleasing...
...Subject reviewed fantasy baseball team, and traded Ichiro Suzuki for Alex Rodriguez. Such a stupid move - with the Yanks' lineup decimated by injuries this year, A-Rod will be lucky to even approach .900 OPS. We almost intervened...
...Engagement that every U.S. soldier lives under are constantly changing as the insurgents adopt new tactics. As one U.S. serviceman who served in Iraq explains, "The nature of the fight over there has widely expanded the definition of threat. Car drives too close to your convoy - suicide bomber or stupid driver? Male with a shovel on the side of a road at 2 a.m. - coming home late from work or digging an IED hole? On the roof of a house within line of sight of an IED explosion - trigger man, cameraman, or just enjoying an evening on the roof when...
...most dispiriting thing about the popular talk shows, reality programs and buddy movie comedies is that they're often about stupid people. Well, I don't want entertainment to show me the lowest common denominator. I want to see people who are smarter, funnier, cleverer than I am. And there are plenty. Most of them, I suspect, are in Wordplay. And if they had a leader, it would be Shortz: President for Life in the Puzzle Principality, King of Crosswords...
...expectations of hilarity to it. The fact that it is Spanish somehow helps, too. Different cultures do things differently than we do, and so we're marginally more acceptant of strange behavior in exotic climes than we are when, say, Owen Wilson or Vince Vaughan are acting sort of stupid...