Here begins my campaigning for the Judd Apatow school of comedy. This piece from the New York times is slightly fluffy, but begins to sketch out the up-with-losers angle that I dig in most of the director's work, such as 40-Year-Old Virgin, Freaks & Geeks and the vastly underrated Undeclared.
Haters will be pleased to see a bit of negativity coming from another comedy wunderkind, Mike White. But then, he's the guy who wrote School of Rock. Conflicted yet?
I liked Freaks and Geeks, and I like Seth Rogen, but I saw one preview for this and ... I don't know.
ReplyDeleteI may have to check out Undeclared, though.
Never trust previews. They're designed to be full of cliches because studio executives have absolutely no imagination.
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