Squeamish comedy dares to be funny

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Squeamish comedy dares to be funny

It dares you to find it funny. In a set-up that loudly echoes the old Patrick Hamilton thriller Rope, Ralf and Sarah (Tim Reuben and Claire Lovering) have invited the tetchy, boorish Bastian (Garth Holcombe) and his submissive girlfriend Edith (Paige …
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Partners: Grammer and Lawrence break first law of sitcoms – be funny

Partners: Grammer and Lawrence break first law of sitcoms – be funny. Stars relying on past glories, a hokey premise, a laugh track and a gay paralegal drinking coffee weirdly. How did this get on FX? Share · Tweet this. Email. Brian Moylan …
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The serious study of what"s funny

Humour is a part of life, but very little is known about it scientifically. A Zurich psychology professor looks at what"s been discovered. (SRF Kulturplatz, swissinfo.ch). Despite the fact that humour is found in many aspect of life, it has only been …
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Kanye, Kim and their celebrity child … remembering the fun of "Funny Girl"

So it went between Barbra Streisand and the late great Kay Medford in "Funny Girl." Barbra"s first movie — for which she tied with Kate Hepburn for the Best Actress Oscar in 1969 — aired over the weekend on Turner Classic Movies. It"s not a perfect …
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