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In "The Breadwinner," Nate Bargatze forgot that clean comedy still needs to be funny
18+ hour, 4+ min ago (333+ words) On paper, Nate Bargatze is bigger than U. S. Steel. The highest-grossing stand-up comedian of 2025, he earned roughly $70 million on 1. 2 million tickets sold, which makes him a bigger draw than U2, Coldplay, or indeed the cumulative efforts of the Jacksonville Jaguars. He's so…...
In Martin Short's Netflix documentary, there's tragedy, but so much joy
1+ week, 5+ day ago (633+ words) A late great character actor lamented on his deathbed that "dying is easy " but comedy is hard." Comedy has gotten a lot harder in other ways. A lot of comedy is mean or politically radioactive. If you are one of…...
In the "I Like Me" documentary, why we still find John Candy so likable
7+ mon, 4+ day ago (437+ words) Amazon Prime's new documentary on the late actor John Candy is subtitled "I Like Me," a line taken from his famous monologue in "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles," where he defends himself against the slings and arrows of a yuppie played…...
Wes Anderson's "The Phoenician Scheme' is nearly a Catholic film
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (478+ words) Filmmaker Wes Anderson is a man of idiosyncratic yet consistent tastes. Through films like "The Royal Tenenbaums" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel," we have seen he enjoys, among other things, symmetry, primary colors, hotel rooms, The Kinks, cigarettes, Bill Murray,…...