Seinfeld certainly had its provocative moments (see: "sponge-worthy"). So it's hard to imagine that there was any subject too controversial for the hit comedy. But one topic did manage to cross the line: guns. The cast and crew refused to shoot what would have been the show's ninth episode, "The Bet." The second season episode, written by Borat director Larry Charles, followed the friends making a bet whether or not Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Elaine Benes would purchase a gun for protection. Read More...
When Olivia meets Ethan in the new Off Broadway drama Sex With Strangers, it’s a clash of generations as well as genders. Olivia is a 40ish English professor polishing the thick paper manuscript to her long-delayed second novel. Ethan is a 28-year-old blogger?cum?best-selling wunderkind who is trying to move past his Tucker Max-like reputation for writing about his many drunken one-night stands. One blizzardy night, they find themselves snowed in together at a remote, wifi-less Michigan B&B—and despite the odds, the sparks fly. Read More...
In Shaun the Sheep Movie (in theaters now), there’s a scene when the cotton-ball title character and his friends need to put someone to sleep. They just find a small fence and jump over it, immediately lulling the person into a drowse. It’s one of the dozens of visual puns that color the film, which from the creators of Wallace & Grommit and based on the British TV show. There are so many sight gags—many of which are contagiously cute—that the movie dispenses with dialogue altogether. Read More...
