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Comedy is No Joke: An Interview with Comedy Book Author Jesse David Fox
An interview with author Jesse David Fox about his new book, Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture—and the Magic That Makes It Work.
An interview with author Jesse David Fox about his new book, Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture—and the Magic That Makes It Work.
An article about the 2023 American Black Film Festival, running in-person from Wednesday, June 14th, through Sunday, June 18th, and virtually from Monday, June 19th, through Sunday, June 25th.
A tribute to the great comedian and writer, Paul Mooney.
A look at ten films coming in the next few weeks that could still be Oscar contenders.
The latest on Netflix and Blu-ray/DVD, including "45 Years," "Moonlight," "Rules Don't Apply," "The Eyes of My Mother," "Moana" and more!
Q. I recently saw "Almost Famous" for the third time. I was wondering what Penny Lane was carrying in the tackle box in the first half of the film. (Michael Ladowski, South Holland, IL)
Spike Lee hears that his new film, "Bamboozled," is the center of a storm of controversy.
The routine at movie premieres is by now well-established. Hotel suites are turned into sets for the stars, who sit on chairs in front of movie posters and vases of flowers while platoons of interviewers are cycled through the room. Actors steel themselves for the ordeal; Tom Hanks told me that doing a press junket is more exhausting than doing a movie.
Dennis Rodman is Daffy Duck. Dickey Simpkins is Elmer Fudd. Jud Buechler is the sexy Lola Bunny ("sound . . . fundamentally sound . . . although he lacks some of her features"). Ron Harper ("he'll kill me if I say this") is Porky Pig. Phil Jackson is Foghorn Leghorn ("I say, I say . . .").
LOS ANGELES -- It's a touchy situation. You describe a guy's movie as one of the worst of the year, and then it grosses $200 million and makes him into Hollywood's flavor of the month. You say it wasn't funny, and the audiences can't stop laughing. Now you're supposed to walk into a room and interview the guy. Hey, let's hope he has a sense of humor.
