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For those of you who have been keeping score, it has been a long time since Saturday Night Live, once the premier, end all and be all of comedy on television, has held the clout it once demanded. In fact, many of those who grew up on the late night comedy show have long since [...]
How do you follow up an Oscar-winning musical short about competing falafel stands on Israel’s West Bank?
With more levity, of course. Ari Sandel, the director of 2005’s “West Bank Story,” decided to continue in the comedy vein by filming a documentary about touring stand-up comedians from L.A.
The results are on display in “Vince Vaughn’s Wild [...]
Stand-up comedy, with its unadorned stages and emphasis on language over visuals, would seem a hard sell for movie audiences.
Unless a performer nails the charisma of Richard Pryor or a vintage Eddie Murphy (”Raw”), or the film features multiple voices (”The Original Kings of Comedy”), it runs the risk of squandering its already shaky energy. [...]
Jan. 3: 74th Annual FedEx Orange Bowl Football Game, Miami Gardens. Two of the top football teams in the country will compete for the Orange Bowl title, now played in Dolphin Stadium. Game time is 8 p.m. 305-341-4700. http://www.orangebowl.org
Jan. 4-5: Tavares Train Festival, Tavares. Go for a ride on a train, which will be robbed [...]