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I'm sorry, I have to burst the Judd Apatow love bubble that's been going on for awhile now (since 40 year old virgin, I think). Now, don't get me wrong, I think that film, and knocked up, and superbad, are all fantastic. However, this statement:
"Apatow even goes one better -- he lets their female counterparts be just as funny and messed up and terrified as they are."
bears some disagreement. Because it's just not totally true. Yes, he lets his female characters be messed up and terrified. But they still must be hot. Catherine Keener? Katharine Heigl? Hot popular teenage girls in superbad? They're all HOT.
So, to talk of Judd Apatow as some kind of dork savior, it's only in the strictest sense of "male" dork savior. Call me when he write a film about a dorky guy who is psyched to get the average looking but awesome girl. Or better yet, when someone lets a dorky looking girl star and be funny.
