A Man Walks Into the Office of a Talent Agent…
- Title: The Aristocrats
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One joke told over and over for ninety minutes. It may be fair to say that The Aristocrats is the funniest documentary ever made; it is easily one of the most profane. To be completely honest the film is a little uneven; there are more than a few slow points, but when the joke is given to the right comedian prepare to roll around the aisle in tears. I laughed my ass off!
The documentary examines one aspect of comedians, a private joke told among themselves. The joke it seems is as old as the comic profession. The object of the joke is to make it as disgusting and vulgar and humorous as possible; anything is fair game. The movie goes back and forth from analyzing the joke to actually having a host of comedians tell it. Hold your hats folks, the folks they found can tell a joke. Everybody’s here, it is a who’s who of comedians: Billy Connolly, Eric Idle, Richard Lewis, Chris Rock, Lewis Black, Whoopi Goldberg, the South Park gang, Paul Reiser, Howie Mandel, the Smothers Brothers, Steven Wright, oh god I could go on and on.
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J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth entry and, if we believe the author, the next to last book in the Harry Potter series. So how does it rank? Well I have enjoyed the series for the most part, but was disappointed with Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix which seemed hastily written to appease the publishers and fans rather than craft a good story. After reading this installment however I was once again happily transported back into the world of witches and wizards, goblins and house-elves, and a wonderful school for magic. The book recaptures the magic and mystery as we are thrust once more into the world of Harry Potter.