On this episode we are joined by Tom from the podcast Second Class Cinema as we work to a decision on two workplace comedies: IN GOOD COMPANY and THE INTERNSHIP. In the former, a young, inexperienced Topher Grace becomes Dennis Quaid's boss, and in the latter Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson find themselves over their heads with their young, tech-savvy fellow interns at Google. Our own battle of old vs. young has been inspired by the new Nancy Meyers comedy THE INTERN, and Hadas of Common Room is hired on for her insight into the film.
No contemporary filmmaker has chronicled the messy human experience with the eye and ear of a comedic cultural anthropologist like JUDD APATOW. Hits as varied as those he’s directed, like Knocked Up and The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and those he’s produced, like Superbad and Bridesmaids, are all unified by their honest, unflinching, comic look at how complicated it is to grow up in the modern world. Apatow has also built a history of helping break distinctive new comedy voices into the mainstream, from Seth Rogen to Lena Dunham, among many others. Now, in his fifth feature film as a director, Apatow again brings a portrait of an unforgettable character, and a portrayal by a breakout new comedy star, together in a film written by and starring AMY SCHUMER (TV’s Inside Amy Schumer) as a woman who lives her life without apologies, even when maybe she should apologize. U n d o u b t e d ly, S c h u m e r h a s b e e n s t e a d i ly achieving cultural notoriety of her own. From her bruta
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