Hello, Larry

Please don't think any less of me, but I LOVE Curb Your Enthusiasm. Does that make me a bad person?
Am I going to Hell because I laugh at it, even though it's totally wrong?

I've spoken to quite a few people who "don't get" the show.  "It's not funny." "Everyone yells all the time."  I agree every line isn't funny.  Since it's improv (Larry and his writers provide an outline and the cast improvs the dialogue,) the comedy needs time to build.  But when it's funny, it's HILARIOUS (and did I mention wrong.)  And yes, they yell a lot.  If you were in any of these situations, you'd be yelling, too.

And the subjects...oh my.  It's the only show that finds comedy in a Girl Scout with a "girl problem," stereotyping lawyers of a certain persuasion, accusing a whole race of being thieves, going out with someone strictly because of enhanced body parts, trying to get out of going to a charity camp for kids, and the Israeli/Palestinian conflict (via a chicken restaurant.)  And those are just this seasons topics.  In the past there have been jokes about wheelchairs, 9-11, and other things you just don't joke about.  YOU don't joke about them...but THEY can somehow.  Larry (and the rest of them) say things you would never say.  But you might think them.  Maybe that's why it's so fun to watch.   

So go ahead and call me crass and mean for watching.  That's fine.  I'll just find some annoying habit you have and get Larry the "Social Assassin" to call you out on it.  And  I'll see you in Hell.

What Movie Is a Chick Flick In Disguise?

A tip for the guys out there: If your significant other wants to see a "chick flick,"  may I suggest one?  It's called "Hall Pass"  and its the latest offering from the Farrelly Brothers.  The basic premise is "What if you got a week off (Hall Pass) from marriage?"

It's got all the "must have" criteria of a chick flick, which are:

-Must star Owen Wilson or Hugh Grant

-Must have tension between the lead male and female

-Male lead must have at least one wacky friend, especially one who likes to party waaayyyy too much.

-Female lead must have friends who "push" her to action when it comes to fixing her man problems.

-Must have an "awwww that's so nice moment," (usually at the end)

Of course, it is the Farrelly Brothers, so it also has these items usually not found in chick flicks:

-All sorts of bodily fluids (and bodily solids) in places and at times you don't expect.

-More male frontal nudity that I've ever seen in an R-rated movie (That's R-Rated movie.)

-JB Smoove  (Leon in Curb Your Enthusiasm) with a hilarious line about Olive Garden.

Unlike "The Hangover," where you never really got to see the stuff that happened until the still pictures at the end of the movie, you see EVERYTHING in this movie. And it's laugh out loud funny (because guys need that.) And sweet (because women need that)

NOT A PLOT SPOILER: You'll never hear Styx' "The Best Of Times" the same way again after you see this movie.

PLOT SPOILER: No, the full frontal is not Owen Wilson's.