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Category: Comedy
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From Bart to Big Mouth: Our Favorite Adult Animated Comedies
It seems like we’re living in the age of the adult animated comedy. We take a look at the path that led us from Bart Simpson to Big Mouth in our latest Whatcha Watchin’ video.
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What We Do in the Shadows, When Spinoffs Go Right
FX’s What We Do in the Shadows is one of the rare TV shows adapted from a movie that actually lives up to the original. Here’s how this series defied the TV spinoff odds and became one of the best new comedies on TV.
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The Millennial Gal’s Guide to Relatable Comedies
Female-led comedies have moved away from aspirational shows like Friends or Sex and the City toward awkward, relatable shows like Hulu’s Shrill and Pen15.
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‘Booksmart’ offers a refreshing update to teen movie tropes
Every generation has a their teen movies, but ‘Booksmart’ seeks to update teen comedy tropes for the woke generation with sharp, authentic, hilarious results.
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New Ghostbusters: Afterlife trailer
Gas up the Ecto-1 because the Ghostbusters are back. Here’s the new trailer for Ghostbusters: Afterlife.
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‘Sausage Party’ only aims for low-hanging comedy fruit
When the primary antagonist of your movie is a literal talking douche, it’s fair to say that you’re not aiming for intelligent humor. Sadly, Sausage Party feels like a weak attempt to create an edgy animated satire, only aiming for the lowest-hanging comedy fruit and missing the chance to live up to its inventive concept.
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‘Ghostbusters’ is a silly little comedy that became a cultural lightning rod
Remember when The Interview came out and everyone decided that seeing a silly little comedy was some kind of patriotic act of defiance to North Korea? The all-female Ghostbusters reboot is a lot like that—a silly little comedy that somehow ignited a culture war on the internet and became way more significant than it probably…
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Key and Peele hit the big screen with hilarious results in ‘Keanu’
Whenever stars of TV sketch comedy transition to the big screen, the question on everyone’s mind is: will this just feel like a sketch stretched out to 90 minutes? Thankfully with Keanu, the answer is no. Yes, there are some lulls and a few jokes that don’t always land, but the impeccable chemistry between the…
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‘Inside Amy Schumer’ is back and sharper than ever in season 4
You’d be remiss to write off Inside Amy Schumer as “chick comedy” and discount how smart is it. While there are jokes about periods, bikini waxes, and other more female-slanting topics, this is one of the sharpest shows on Comedy Central—and this is a network that is home to my favorite show of all time, South Park. In…
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‘Rock the Kasbah’ misses the mark
Rock the Kasbah is a movie with so much potential. It stars Bill Murray, features Zooey Deschanel, Bruce Willis, Kate Hudson, Scott Caan, and Danny McBride. Murray even promoted the movie by showing up at Comic Con for the first time to do a genuinely funny panel and answer fan questions. With all that going…
