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Tag Archives: Comedy
Christmas Riffing with MST3K
Now that the holidays are upon us, and we are a few decades deep into the Age of Irony, why not spend this Christmas season with some silhouettes in the front row, riffing on absurd and/or awful cinema misadventures of … Continue reading
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972)
As vividly illustrated in the new film Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011), by the late 60’s Woody Allen was such a tremendous celebrity that on national television he was belting out songs in a top hat before the giant letters … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Harpo
Tagged 70's, Burt Reynolds, Comedy, Frankenstein, Gene Wilder, John Carradine, slapstick, Transvestite, Woody Allen
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Gremlins (1984)
“They’re singing ‘Deck the Halls’/ but it’s not like Christmas at all.” -Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) Growing up in the 80’s, it was impossible to not see Gremlins (1984); in retrospect, it’s as key to that decade of film … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Caligari
Tagged 80's, Christmas, Comedy, horror, Joe Dante, lovable animals, Phoebe Cates, puppets, slapstick
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