In the 1970s, Norman Lear was the king of television satire, creating and producing such legendary shows as All in the Family, Maude, The Jeffersons,
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One of the things that has always intrigued me about silent Westerns is the fact that the productions were only forty years removed from the
My love of film originated with the classic comedies of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. By the time I was in first grade, my dad
If modern audiences are familiar with early motion picture mega-star Douglas Fairbanks, it is as the silent era’s proto-Errol Flynn. Despite being short in stature with less-than classic good looks (being a bit
Now that Disney is an multinational entertainment behemoth, with Pixar, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, and many other assets underneath its tightly sewn corporate umbrella, it is
Pierre Étaix is probably the greatest movie comedian of which you’ve never heard; or if you have heard of him, it is doubtful that you’ve seen
Movie audiences never had the opportunity to see W.C. Fields as a young man. The great comedian’s youth was spent traveling worldwide, performing amazing feats
After creating and show-running the HBO series Veep for four seasons, Armando Iannucci was looking for a new subject on which to point his satiric pen.
Stage actor and early film heartthrob, John Barrymore (Drew’s grandfather) was well known for his emotive, romantic performances in everything from Hamlet to MGM’s multi-star
Although W.C. Fields is mainly remembered as a verbal comedian, he began his career as a pantomime juggler, and his comedic performances were always heightened
One of the stranger cinematic trends of the 1960s was the popularity of the European omnibus film. These movies, such as Boccaccio ’70 (1962), Ro.Go.Pa.G.
When depicting subject matter that is disturbing, infuriating, or depressing, it is often most effective to approach the issue with humor, as Charles Chaplin did
