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...assumption, but one that Crawford repeatedly subverts. Just when everything seems okay, he plunges back to war’s dark reality of pointless destruction; the narrative style brings the reader so painfully close to the truth that we can smell the feces in the streets and feel the wet remnants of human brain tissue on our shoes...
However, Showalter couples his flaws with an earnestness that makes the safe protagonist incredibly endearing. While Michael Showalter might not yet be a household name, his fans have obsessed over his cool camp counselor role in the 2001 cult-classic “Wet Hot American Summer,” his comedy trio “Stella” on Comedy Central, and the long-defunct MTV show “The State...
...film succeeds because of its irresistible charm and quirkiness. The true credit to the film is the acting; many of Showalter’s former cast members (David Wain, Michael Ian Black, Elizabeth Banks, and Paul Rudd just to mention a few) of “Wet Hot American Summer” return for “The Baxter.” Michelle Williams has left her “Dawson’s Creek” days far behind, believable as awkward and loveable Cecil Mills. Justin Theroux, bizarre and oh-so-spooky in “Mulholland Drive...
...with Michael Showalter? What should I expect from one of the comedic masterminds behind “Wet Hot American Summer,” “Stella” and “The State”? The man who made me fall to the floor laughing after shooting a hunting guide because he thought the man was a turkey? Would I see any traces of the ’40s-style gentleman from his film “The Baxter,” which he wrote, directed, and starred in? Perhaps intellectual inclinations from his French professor father...
...Wet Hot American Summer” and your stage show “Stella” gave you crazy cult status. Are you happy with that or do you want to have a more mainstream presence...