When I was in the sixth grade, I participated in my first school play. It was an inane "musical" called The Case of the Missing Part of Speech. I shit you not. The whole "show" lasts for about 30 minutes, involves the cast collectively singing ditties about nouns, verbs, and prepositions (our production actually cut … Continue reading Next in Show – Theater Camp
About 90% of the time I can say with certainty that I am not a fan of so-called "cringe" comedy. The major problem with the concept is that oftentimes a writer or actor will decide that the state of simply being or feeling awkward is enough to generate laughs, and they are quite sadly mistaken. … Continue reading The Rainbow Conniption – Shiva Baby
The raunchy "teen" comedy has always been a favorite of mine, mostly because while I'm 37 years old (I'M 37?!?!?!?!?), I'm basically still 12. I still get a laugh out of the occasional dick and fart joke (provided it's worded and timed well), and someone cussing inappropriately will always get a chuckle out of me. … Continue reading Going Up to Northpoint, Gonna Have Myself a Time – Good Boys
As I've made abundantly clear on this blog over the past year-plus, I am not in favor of rebooting or remaking established movie franchises with gender-swapped leads in general, mostly because there's rarely any reason for it beyond, "Hey, let's do it with LADIES this time!" In most cases the entire gimmick is little more … Continue reading P-A-R-T-Why? ‘Cause I GOTTA! – Booksmart
I Actually Paid To See This 