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LabanGaia
08/03/09

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"lede" instead of "lead"? Wow, defamer has really gone downhill the last month in the proofreading department.
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MoeGolden
08/04/09

@LabanGaia: "lede" is actually the proper spelling of that term in a journalistic context. it goes back to the days of the printing press in which internal newsroom communication (a chalkboard) didn't risk confusing the lead (you know the element Pb) with the lead for a story. So that's how lead became lede.

Now you know - and knowing is half the battle.

(i learned this from a journo prof. way back when and seldom have an occasion to tell people)
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nmkel999
08/03/09

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Good lord. Just because this movie had a little emotional value, people slam it. It was funny. And there was character development. And it wasn't cliche. And it was nice to see Eric Bana and Seth Rogen play different roles than they normally do. I guess people would have preferred the typical comedy that we've all seen a thousand times. It's nice to see a movie that pushes the boundaries of its genre every once and a while
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Trulymadlyme
08/02/09

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You know, what? I loved it. And it's kind of sucks that this movie will probably be panned everywhere for being overly sentimental.
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jacobestes
08/03/09

@Trulymadlyme: I liked it too. Compare it to other "serious movies" or to other "funny movies" that have come out recently and I liked it better than both. It's just a movie.
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MrInBetween
08/02/09

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Moviegoers prefer their Adam Sandler to be dumb and their Seth Rogen to be fat. They like it when their "funny" movies have a running time of less than 2 1/2 hours. Oh, and Judd? Next time you insist your main character has some fatal disease, be sure you cast an actor who is marginally likable. That way, the audience will root for him rather than the disease.
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placekickerholder
08/02/09

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You got leukemia in my comedy!

No, you got comedy in my leukemia!
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Sean Maher
08/02/09

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Did anyone else notice a shift in the advertising for this movie in the last week? Any notion of seriousness and bromance disappeared in fave or dick jokes and lame riffs on Harry Potter and German accents.
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uncle_wiggly
08/02/09

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I haven't see the film, but it seems to belong to this baffling new comedy genre that's been in fashion for almost a decade that features plump, dumb guys as the heros. Trying to segue the plump, dumb guy into interesting dramatic characters appears to be a non-starter though, at least we can hope so.
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skahammer
08/02/09

@uncle_wiggly: baffling new comedy genre that's been in fashion for almost a decade that features plump, dumb guys as the heros.

Not too familiar with the history of comedy, are you?
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MissNormaDesmond
08/02/09

@skahammer: It was a typo. He meant, "almost a milennium".
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Iwillnotauditionforastar
08/02/09

@skahammer: Sh, I want Costello to be a secret, hidden, guilty pleasure.
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Iwillnotauditionforastar
08/03/09

@Iwillnotauditionforastar: HEY ABBOTT!!!1!111
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Mo MoDo
08/03/09

@skahammer: Fatty Arbuckle was a riot and a tragedy.
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Uncle_Billy_Slumming
07/30/09

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There is something really weird going on here with Leslie Mann, her daughter, and Zac with the little boy hairdo (she is kinda funny nearly unscripted).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TDMoj0LQfI
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Wrapitup
07/30/09

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Natasha, I think describing Leslie Mann as a 'comedienne' is being way too complimentary. She merely specializes in acting in funny films that are produced by her husband where she says lines written by Seth Rogen and her husband. It's not hard to be funny when someone else has done most of the difficult work for you.

Most male and female comedians spend at least a few grueling years agonizing over and writing material and then having to perform it in seedy stand-up venues or with very selective comedy troupes. If they're lucky enough to get their own TV shows or star in movies, they still have the shared burden of coming up with the jokes. I think calling someone a comedian/enne is something that must be earned. Leslie Mann is just a member of the lucky wives club.
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MrsButterworth
07/30/09

@Wrapitup: Wow. You are just really, really wrong. "Lucky wives club?" Ugh. If you want to point out the difference between a STAND UP comedian and a comedic actor, fine, but I think "comedienne" is completely right.

Her performance in 40 Year Old Virgin MADE those lines funny, not the other way around.
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Natasha VC
07/30/09

@Wrapitup:

Awww! 'Lucky Wives Club'? that's mean! So in LM's defense and my own, I think she has really great timing and phrasing. She rarely goes for the obvious or screechy gag. I thought her and Rudd were the best part of 'Knocked Up'. Serious!
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NigelAstydameia
07/30/09

@MrsButterworth: Agree. Even with a funny script not every actor is funny--sometimes they even suck the life out of material. I hate nepotism, but Mann always proves herself and is a legitimately funny, talented actress. She nails it.
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Dave J.
07/30/09

@MrsButterworth: "Let's get some fuckin' french toast" is still a classic, and I will love her forever for saying it.
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Wrapitup
07/31/09

@Natasha VC: Thanks for your response. Yeah I agree with you about her strong acting talents. So as the others said, maybe 'comedic actress' then?

As for the 'Lucky Wives Club' dig, I stand by that. There are tons of actresses in LA who are at least as talented as Leslie Mann. But she's lucky enough to be married to someone who gets to make major casting decisions while many other really good actresses toil in obscurity.
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NigelAstydameia
07/30/09

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I forgot he had to do with the near-perfect Larry Sanders show until I caught him on "Inside the Actors Studio" the other night, one of the strangest shows on TV. Lipton rattles off film titles, "Knocked Up," "Forgetting Sarah Marshall..." like they're cures for cancer. I think Apatow is at least self-aware enough to be uncomfortable.
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MrInBetween
07/30/09

@NigelAstydameia: I love you for that "cures for cancer" line. Perfect.
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Natasha VC
07/30/09

@NigelAstydameia:

Mr. Larry Sanders has a pretty great cameo in 'Iron Man 2'. I saw the clip and I missed him.
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City_Dater
07/30/09

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The spoiled man-child unwillingly dragged into adulthood by an accomplished woman who ought to be spending her time more wisely is a meme that has to die. In art and in life.
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Muggs Bigglesworth
07/30/09

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From everything I've heard, the character of Randy is worth the ticket price all by itself.
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magnets
07/30/09

@Muggs Bigglesworth: From everything I've heard, the character of Randy has like two lines in the actual movie! Tragic!!
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Spirit Fingers
07/30/09

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I think he needs to be careful. There is a such thing as the Shyamalan effect. Where you internalize your movies sooo much that you can't see past the vision, to the lunacy, and the overall major suckage, and so you lose that thing that made you unique, cool, and irreverent. And at the point you're making movies about make believe, stupid, villages that lie about the year, and sea-people or some such that confound Paul Giamatti, who got in on the wave wayyyy too late. (I'm also looking at you Wahlberg. The Happening! Yeah, the happening of the suck-ass confirmation.)

So yeah, Apatow. Don't do that. Don't be Prince in Purple Rain.
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Wrapitup
07/30/09

@Spirit Fingers: I wish I could promote your comment. That third sentence needs to be framed and nailed to the wall of every artist and businessperson in America. It says more about the need for dissent in projects than most management textbooks ever could.
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Natasha VC
07/30/09

@Spirit Fingers:

OOoo yes! The Shymalan effect! It's true. Why did no one grab M. Knight and say "Hey! There are sea-people in your movie, getagrip!" The Happening is only redeemable on the campy level.
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magnets
07/30/09

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I am torn btwn identifying with and disliking him, cos facial hair isn't the only thing that weighs heavier on a female vs. male clueless schmuck
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Natasha VC
07/30/09

@magnets:

Do not fear the beard. Give in to Apatow, I have. The water's fine.
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MrInBetween
07/30/09

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I loathe most of this man's films but find his riffs amusing and appealing. If he really does want to make the world a better place, he should just Twitter, 24/7.
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