Mining Taboos (Abortion, Suicide, etc.) for Laughs. Really. Maybe Louis C.K. is saving incest, bestiality, and genocide for his next stand-up special. In this one, titled merely “2017” (it’s a riff on Christianity), he contents himself tackling such taboo subjects as abortion, suicide, beheading, transexuality, and latent homosexuality (if you hadn’t noticed, sex and sexuality loom large...Read More
“Wave to Me!” “What?!?” “Wave to Me!” It only took 45 years, but there’s finally a closing scene worthy of the unforgettable classic at the end of The Graduate. Except that it’s a “parallel universe,” anti-version. If you aren’t familiar with The Graduate’s climactic scene, a desperate Benjamin (Dustin Hoffman) interrupts the wedding of his...Read More
“O-for-3” Realtor Look out, Modern Family, there’s another terrific TV show that’s sending up Realtors. Comedian Louis C.K.’s eponymous “Louis.” On a Season 2 episode titled, “Moving,” Louis is shown a Manhattan apartment by an agent who brightly announces, “you’re going to love this place. It’s completely updated, spacious, and very light.” Louis takes a look, turns to the agent, and...Read More
