In the comedian’s famous last words, “Dying is easy; comedy is hard.” In movie terms, comedy is considered simply as a work that makes people laugh—and heaven knows, that’s hard enough. But to make people laugh while providing them with profound insights into human nature and the world around them is sheer hell. That is Read More
In the comedian’s famous last words, “Dying is easy; comedy is hard.” In movie terms, comedy is considered simply as a work that makes people laugh—and heaven knows, that’s hard enough. But to make people laugh while providing them with profound insights into human nature and the world around them is sheer hell. That is Read More
Christopher Guest’s A Mighty Wind , from a screenplay by Mr. Guest and Eugene Levy, has generated a great deal of buzz-both favorable and unfavorable-for its affectionately satiric swipe at the cultural backwater of folk music. Put me down in the unfavorable faction, though I can’t say that A Mighty Wind filled me with undue Read More
