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Daily Archives: September 2, 2026
Movie Review: Ryan R. and Kenneth B. gun for “Top Gun” — “Mayday”
Let’s go with “adorably awful,” because “delightfully dumb” seems like a stretch. “Mayday” is a pseudo-serious send-up of “Top Gun” starring two guys who should know better, but whose way with a punch line ensures it’ll at least serve up … Continue reading
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Series Redux — “Saturday Night Live,” the First Season
I’ve been thinking a lot of late about Martin Short’s assertion — in Lawrence Kasdan’s “Life is Short” documentary — that “80 percent of comedy” fails, and the fact that he wasn’t talking just about his own efforts in landing … Continue reading
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