tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post117034318984911866..comments2024-03-28T18:01:28.997-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: "Joe Franklin raped me."Alan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1171036038897270752007-02-09T10:47:00.000-05:002007-02-09T10:47:00.000-05:00test:http://www.canada.com/globaltv/globalshows/br...test:<BR/><BR/>http://www.canada.com/globaltv/<BR/>globalshows/brothersandsisters/<BR/>videos.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1171036014483081582007-02-09T10:46:00.000-05:002007-02-09T10:46:00.000-05:00test:http://www.canada.com/globaltv/globalshows/br...test:<BR/><BR/>http://www.canada.com/globaltv/globalshows/brothersandsisters/videos.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1170433469281163882007-02-02T11:24:00.000-05:002007-02-02T11:24:00.000-05:00Heh, Jim. And also, gross, dude!I was thinking mo...Heh, Jim. And also, gross, dude!<BR/><BR/>I was thinking more along the lines that his vortex of stupidity is sucking her in as well. Maybe this proves Alan's point in the "30 Rock" entry that men and women think differently? ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1170371152116488732007-02-01T18:05:00.000-05:002007-02-01T18:05:00.000-05:00"Jimmy Kimmel is sapping all the funny out of her...."Jimmy Kimmel is sapping all the funny out of her."<BR/><BR/>I think it's more like he's pumping all his unfunny into her, as a side effect of the other thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1170368523582846352007-02-01T17:22:00.000-05:002007-02-01T17:22:00.000-05:00Joel, people can read the piece on their own. Fri...Joel, people can read the piece on their own. Friend's conclusion includes these lines: "The brilliance of the show -- the force of its argument that sitcoms turn us into loserish loners -- is also its abiding flaw. We admire the purity of Silverman’s scornfulness, but we don’t want to hang out with her the way we did with Mary and Rhoda."<BR/><BR/>Not overwhelmingly positive.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02113168955236758821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1170366173498472332007-02-01T16:42:00.000-05:002007-02-01T16:42:00.000-05:00I never understood what was so bloody clever about...I never understood what was so bloody clever about that Joe Franklin bit. Silverman had been around long enough for us to know when she was lying through her teeth. <BR/><BR/>Of course, there's the rub: Silverman's always lying through her gritted smile. It makes for... not boring comedy, but I've always wondered why I hoot and holler when Ryan Philippe clocks her at the outset of <I>Way of the Gun</I>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1170365952044414822007-02-01T16:39:00.000-05:002007-02-01T16:39:00.000-05:00Talk about taking a quote out of context, Adam... ...Talk about taking a quote out of context, Adam... Friend's review was overwhelmingly positive.<BR/><BR/>I'm with the crowd here, though; I found Sarah's schtick to be hilarious even as recently as a couple of years ago, but now it seems to be one-note and tired. She has the potential to do Bill Hicks-style humor, and the fact that she's still doing this "sweetly offensive" routine is disappointing to me.Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05271095412998848104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1170365577802526402007-02-01T16:32:00.000-05:002007-02-01T16:32:00.000-05:00As I pointed out in the column, I think Silverman ...As I pointed out in the column, I think Silverman works best in short doses. If she'd dramatically advanced her act in the last decade, that might not be the case.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1170363590328817642007-02-01T15:59:00.000-05:002007-02-01T15:59:00.000-05:00Jimmy Kimmel is sapping all the funny out of her.Jimmy Kimmel is sapping all the funny out of her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1170357987699358982007-02-01T14:26:00.000-05:002007-02-01T14:26:00.000-05:00She was pretty good in "Greg the Bunny."She was pretty good in "Greg the Bunny."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13255249765117905225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1170351220726114572007-02-01T12:33:00.000-05:002007-02-01T12:33:00.000-05:00Silverman was definitely funnier ten or so years a...Silverman was definitely funnier ten or so years ago when she first came to my attention on <I>Larry Sanders</I>. I'm not sure that it's primarily due to her act not evolving much or that she's become a more polished (and/or cynical) performer and her character's innocence is so much more obviously a put on.Bret LaGreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000566742639583055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1170350837123387412007-02-01T12:27:00.000-05:002007-02-01T12:27:00.000-05:00I meant "jaw-droppingly."I meant "jaw-droppingly."Undercover Black Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08704721024820668555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1170350733531040002007-02-01T12:25:00.000-05:002007-02-01T12:25:00.000-05:00I agree with Adam. I used to think Sarah Silverman...I agree with Adam. I used to think Sarah Silverman was something special... ten years ago. But "Jesus Is Magic" took the bloom off the rose for me. She's so totally a shock comic, I don't see anything of substance beyond the shock. (Unlike, say, a Bill Hicks... draw-droppingly shocking, but a serious observer of the culture and of his own soul.) Plus "Jesus Is Magic" didn't make me laugh.<BR/><BR/>I'll check out her show... but am not expecting much.<BR/><BR/>Silverman did snap off one vicious, hilarious joke at Alan King's expense during one of those roasts. She looks at him and goes: "Alan, we just got a call from Miami Beach. The last person who knows who you are died."Undercover Black Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08704721024820668555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1170348155653262912007-02-01T11:42:00.000-05:002007-02-01T11:42:00.000-05:00I think Tad Friend hit the nail on my problem with...I think <A HREF="http://www.newyorker.com/critics/television/articles/070205crte_television_friend" REL="nofollow">Tad Friend hit the nail</A> on my problem with Silverman: "Her game is to throw out stereotypes in a little-girl voice and with a winsome look that suggests no offense can legitimately be taken. You might admire Silverman’s boldness, or you might feel that there’s something sneaky in her appropriation of slurs that never wounded her -- that it’s the standup equivalent of the person who cuts in line and then can’t believe you object."<BR/><BR/>It's shtick, and I think it's a bit tiresome. It's like, "Great, you've got a pose. What are you going to do with it?"Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02113168955236758821noreply@blogger.com