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...mother-in-law jokes. Their stuff was apolitical--but radical. It challenged the very notion of making people laugh. When Albert Brooks impersonated a mime so inept he must describe his movements, or Andy Kaufman turned on a plastic record player and lip-synched to the Mighty Mouse theme song, the laughter was uneasy or unheard. Audiences were forced to wonder: Is this supposed to be funny? And that was funny, in a new way. By renouncing the notion of the stand-up as sage and replaying the silly gags that amused them as kids, these rebels gave birth...
Cabot House is still deciding whether to go with Mardi Gras or Mexican fiesta as its theme. But either way, the margaritas or mojitos will be virgin...
...shattering his collar bone, helped him connect with the role on a personal level. “The thing about the motorcycle accident is that I didn’t see it coming, and I always thought that I saw it coming. It’s the same theme as Cormac’s book,” he says, in reference to the arbitrary incidents that propel the story forward. “It’s what happens to Llewellyn.”Despite the film’s dark and bleak tone, Brolin remembers his time...
...followed by scenes of elves shopping in the town square—all set to the tune of sleigh bell-heavy music. This time around, though, our first view of the ideal Santa-land is bathetic—the anti-Emerald City revealed, if you will. As the Santa theme has provided the basis for so many well known Hollywood films, one would think that the focus of the director and writers of “Fred Claus” would be to distinguish this film from its forbearers—to make it special, or at least, worth reviewing...
...know that you send out a New Year's e-mail message to friends each year giving your thoughts and predictions on the market. Care to share this year's theme...