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...Klein is almost correct when he states that the ABC News debate in Philadelphia "will go down in history for the relentless vulgarity of its questions" [May 5]. But the questions weren't so much vulgar as they were vapid. The only thing moderator Charles Gibson forgot to do was follow Barbara Walters' infamous example and ask Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton what kind of trees they would be. Holmes Brannon, WOODLAND PARK, COLO...
...seems to me that the success of Apatow and company derives from the fact that though their premises offer a lot of vulgar promise, they rarely deliver on that potential full-bore. What they?re really doing, most of the time, is offering twists and updates on the classic romantic comedy formulas, making them acceptable to today?s much younger movie audiences. For example, Forgetting Sarah Marshall seems to be what the academics like to call a ?Comedy of Remarriage.? You know - fairly mature couple splits up, endures some feckless romantic misadventures, then get more happily reconnected...
...Jason Segel—who also stars in the movie—and directed by Nicholas A. Stoller ’98, “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” has all the elements of a romantic comedy, mixed with Apatow’s penchant for ribald laughs, vulgar language, and nudity. Segel plays Peter Bretter, a grown-up version of his lovable oaf character from “Freaks and Geeks.” Peter, a struggling composer, is devastated when his beautiful, TV-star girlfriend, Sarah Marshall, breaks up with him. To get over his ex, Peter takes...
...have been increasingly vicious posts, ranging from “Heath Ledger Faked His Own Death” to “Who is the Most Obnoxious Douchebag on Campus?” Threads like “Sluttiest Girls At Harvard?” and posts filled with vulgar language have not been limited on the site...
...like all the other girls, or maybe say “fudge,” or call it “making love” when she had to. But she got kind of mad and said something about how “fuck” is a vulgar, female-degrading word, and by putting the “o” in, she’s making a statement and reclaiming it for women. Anyway, the point is, if I let her be my girlfriend, my blockmates will make fun of me constantly (for now she?...