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Posts Tagged ‘comedy’
The Indisputable Top Ten Movies of 2009
January 11th, 2010
maxlance1 All those other top ten movies of 2009 lists, namely the Golden Globes and Oscars are knockoffs. This list is correct and irrefutable, unless you like overrated movies, like District 9 and Paranormal Activity, in which case you’d like to be popular, which probably wouldn’t land you here. Here we go… Just missed the cut: [...]
Funny People Underperformed and Studio 60 Canceled Because People Don't Want to See Comedians Being Serious
August 5th, 2009
maxlance1 I wonder if Funny People underperformed for the exact same reason that Studio 60 got canceled. Both of them were good and entertaining. Maybe not amazing, but undoubtedly much better than other stuff that crushes. Yet both of them did way worse than things of far poorer quality. In fact, you could probably throw Mr. [...]
Why Is It That Larry David Defies the Rule of Old People Not Being Funny?
June 15th, 2009
maxlance1 Caught the new Woody Allen movie, Whatever Works, yesterday. And Larry David completely saves it, to the point where it’s actually a decent film. And it made me wonder why he has managed to be one of a very small number of the older-60 set who still manages to be funny despite being old. Why [...]
Not Funny T-Shirts
March 26th, 2009
maxlance1 If someone is wearing a T-shirt with a joke on it, it’s usually an effective way to tell that said person is not funny. I never understood the mindset of purchasing things so not funny, but it must strike as genius while the moron is wandering through Hot Topic or along Venice Beach. Wearing the [...]

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Max Lance is a writer, producer and performer. He was nominated for a Student Emmy, Humanitas Fellowship and was a finalist for the Page Screenplay Award. He writes features, TV and syndicates his blog while hosting the travel show The Trip Next Door and working at Chernin Entertainment. A New York City native, Max graduated the USC film school and now lives in Los Angeles.