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‘Knocked Up’ Actually Goes Beyond Raunchy Laughs
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Kris Rasmussen
Though he started out writing some of the most sparkling comedy on television back in the ’90s (“Freaks and Geeks,” “The Ben Stiller Show”) director/writer Judd Apatow has been given the dubious distinction of producing a new genre of film–romantic comedies for men. Following up the box office success of “The Forty Year Old Virgin”–a…
Organ Donation Reality Show is Really a Big Con
By
Ellen Leventry
Many reality television shows have some kind of secret twist at the end for the contestant, a scintilating surprise that only the audience is in on. Recall Bravo’s 2003 “Boy Meets Boy,” a gay dating show where not all the suitors were gay, unbeknownst to the suitor. But rarely has the audience itself been “punked,”…
‘Knocked Up’: Where’s the Abortion Discussion?
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Ellen Leventry
I remember being equal parts curious and disturbed several years ago when my mother told me that she really enjoyed “The 40-year old Virgin.” Disturbed, since one naively doesn’t like to imagine one’s mother enjoying such sexually explicit humor (much in the same way we don’t like to think of our parents actually having sex)…
‘Battlestar Galactica’ Goes Supernova
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Ellen Leventry
In announcement that will surely crush every sci-fi fanboy and fangirl out there, not to mention this reporter, Ronald D. Moore and David Eick, executive producers of “Battlestar Galactica,” have decided that season four will be the last for the Peabody Award-winning series. “This show was always meant to have a beginning, a middle and…
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