Posts Tagged writing

What the Year’s Best Comedies Have in Common (and Why Archer Is One of Them)

By brian longtin • Mar 15th, 2010 • Category: watching

The tactic writers are using to consistently produce today’s best comedy: not just joke quality, but joke density.


Judgment Day: The Troubling Implications of Avatar as Best Picture

By brian longtin • Feb 19th, 2010 • Category: watching

Does pushing the boundaries of ‘what a film can be’ excuse a filmmaker from respecting what’s already within them?


Could Crowdsourcing Save Saturday Night Live?

By spencer • Nov 2nd, 2009 • Category: watching

We mourn the decline of a comedy institution, and offer an experimental solution to salvage it for the Digital Age.


Rogen on Buddy Flicks, Patton on Graduating, and a Nursery Rhyme on Net Etiquette

By brian longtin • Aug 5th, 2008 • Category: side notes

A top five from the Pineapple Express star, Mr. Oswalt addresses his alma mater, and Baby’s First Internet.