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Wednesday, October 1, 2008 12:00 AM

Uncurbed enthusiasm

Veteran "Curb Your Enthusiasm" director Bob Weide talks about bringing his prickly brand of humor to the big screen with "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People."

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Wednesday, October 1, 2008 08:51 PM

Being Open In a Closed World

That is the subject but what is the verb? Well there are so many twists and turns on what makes humor work. Obviously Larry David knows that, and he turns on his drippy formula for all or most fools of his school to drink from. Most Jewish nebbishy types can resort easily to a bottle of Poland Springs and read directions. For those that are smarter just ignore and drink, he is possibly a scripted Professor of Humor. He has the right ingredients for even the indignents who don't want to get it, the tight asses of the world, who already adhere to his ass hole humor, or more to the affect, of (what type of an asshole are you humor). It is not even to insult type of humor, but what is just beneath the surface of the pretty face, the tight knit sweater, the lose implying glances, that in cadence the brilliance of this mans genius. So many of the shows I had seen, had such a brillance with the wife of Larry David able to comply to his over the top Jewishness. It is innoculous to believe that he could be so caviler and just have that certain, but is it okay sense at the same time. There is always room for conscious, people are not stupid at all, and even in the most risque' scenarios there are rules for engagement, affairs, brushes with strangers in supermarkets, religion and religious jokes, political and other types of commentary that could get the integrity of the humor into other areas. Those are either dark areas, husbands and wives that don't agree, are of course going to be vulnerable.Dual religion household hold your breath, not too sure if flirting is going on out side the bounds of your marriage? Keep watching Soprano's, it's usually an accurate depiction of the average American (want to be) famous Mafioso family. Keep dialogue real is the challenge that most people face in the 00's when everything is on the table, your kid is gay, so are some waping percentage of American families, great in a flash thanks to the internet, we just managed to salvage who, what, where, and why? When Jesus gave brains at conception, did he expect that we would have the internet to do our thinking for us as well?

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