8 years ago
All posts by Melissa Weller
No One’s Laughing At All: On Anti-Comedy
Andy Kaufman once curled up in a sleeping bag and fell asleep in the middle of a set. He made history when he arranged to have all of Carnegie Hall chauffeured out for milk and cookies after one of his shows, and he redefined bit comedy when he got onstage and...
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It’s Not Not About Him: On Noah Baumbach and “While We’re Young”
“Your first film was entertaining. It was honest. This feels so ungenerous, like you took your ball and went home.”
This slap to the ego is delivered in writer-director Noah Baumbach’s latest serio-comedy, While We’re Young. The recipient, Josh (Ben Stiller),...
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