Two years ago when The Hangover came out, I had written a post ("Why Can't Girls Get Hangovers Too", 6/15/09) about the differences in male- and female-centric comedies and the ditzy, valley girl stereotype of female comedians. In my post, I challenged Judd Apatow or Todd Phillips to create a Hangover for women, and guest what?! Two years later we have BRIDESMAIDS produced by Judd Apatow himself! I'm really excited to see the movie, despite my dislike for the title and awful pink bridesmaids dresses, but PLUS SIDE, the manliest man alive Jon Hamm is in the film and he has great things to say about his female costars and the comparisons to The Hangover:
"I think funny is funny. It doesn't have a gender assigned to it." - Jon Hamm
I'm not surprised that The Hangover is the fastest R-rated movie to cross the $100 million dollar mark (it did it in 10 days). It's so funny that I WOULD see it again and again and again, but because of the recession, I'll wait for the DVD.The other night my guy friend argued that 'Women aren't funny'. He asked me to name some funny females, so I said "Tina Fey, Ellen DeGeneres, Anna Faris...", then my mind drew a blank, "...Chelsea Handler!"
Girls ARE funny, and here are some movies to prove it: I can't help but see a trend that funny 'girl' movies are about shallow, slutty valley girls.
These movies are fun to watch; however, the comedies with ROFL-factor all star men: The 40-Year Old Virgin (Steve Carell), Knocked Up (Seth Rogen), Jackass (Johnny Knoxville), Borat (Sacha Baron Cohen), Anchorman (Will Ferrell), Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler), Zoolander (Ben Stiller)...
Zack and Miri sort of got the idea by having a mix-gender cast and letting girls be a part of outrageous, crude comedy, and I LIKED ZACK & MIRI. So let's see it Judd Apatow and Todd Phillips make a movie where four women wake up butt naked, with a tooth missing after a bachelorette party gone bad...OH, I see the problem...
Anyways, the point is women are and can be funny. I'm just waiting for a movie where it doesn't involve mini skirts and push-up bras.
Since June of last year, I've been answering ALL questions and life's miseries with the phrase: "We're in a recession!" Somehow by admitting the recession, it's really not as horrible. It works, next time your boss asks you why you were late for work, answer: "We're in a recession!" Or, when the cashier asks 'would you like fries with that', just yell "We're in a recession!"
Now that it's clear we are in a recession (because I have reminded you for nine months), here is something that will cheer you up...
THE APATOW GANG (yummy).
I love you, Man with Paul Rudd and Jason Segel comes out March 20, but I'm more excited for Funny People with Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen (two funny people I love) that comes out July 31.
Director of Funny People Judd Apatow also directed two of my favorite movies The 40 Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up. The 40 Year-Old Virgin may have changed my life... it was refreshing to see humor without boundaries but also a cast that was so NORMAL and REAL. They made sex jokes, racist jokes, bad jokes... It made me want to be their friend.
Apatow movies are like one frat party after another (Superbad, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Pineapple Express...) I WANT TO BE INVITED! I am totally NOT a bro (okay maybe a little, that's only because I love ice hockey and beer), but there's no denying that the Apatow team has something special. Something special that needs to be shared.
So check out the Funny People trailer below and laugh away all your recession woes.
