Recent content by Will Krupp

Ken, do you own the blu-ray as well? I can't remember now if you bought it when it was new?

Great review, Mychal! I seriously love this movie; they really don't make adult comedies like this anymore. I got the blu-ray last week and it does, indeed, look stunning. I wasn't expecting it to look as good as it does. As you mentioned, great performances all around (the stars are...

Oh, yes!! (I didn't mean to leave that part out!!)

His exact quote was even worse than that. Mank quotes him as saying, "It was shambles, it really was. It was simply ridiculous." For her part, Myrna is quoted (again by Mank) as telling the powers that be, ""I can't do this! I've done a lot of terrible things in film, but this girl's a...

Thanks for another stellar review, Matt! I can't wait to own this one!

I think it kind of IS a bad film, but one that I've always had a soft spot for, too. It takes me right back to the summer of 1987 when I was 20 (and it was a GREAT summer!) I've always enjoyed it (plus I've forgiven Madonna for a lot worse than this!)

I apologize, Mark. Comedies of remarriage HAVE come to be included as a subgenre in the modern umbrella definition of "screwball" so I misunderstood your comments as including them as well.

Well, screwball comedy, like its namesake the screwball pitch, has traditionally been defined as a farce that spins in an unexpected way. The screwball comedy parodies traditional romantic comedies and usually casts the female protagonist as the aggressor, satirizes class (almost always at the...

I've seen all of these movies listed examples online of "screwball comedies" and The Awful Truth is the only one that comes close, in my opinion, to having any of the hallmarks. I think the definition of screwball comedy has been given a large dose of revisionism to include any romantic comedy...

Is it actually a screwball comedy, though? What about the movie qualifies it as one?

Throw Three Days of the Condor into the mix and you've got yourself a deal, Walter! :)

I was thinking the EXACT same thing!

I can't tell if you're being serious or not (?) but she explains that her name is really Dawn and that she transposed the letters to make it more memorable. The character is a satirical portrayal of a not-too-bright starlet and it makes perfect sense. It's actually a funny joke when you stop to...

The delicious quotes are endless! The line I posted isn't actually in the movie. It was from the one joke Brooks thought was too dirty to keep and that he cut himself!

"I hate to disillusion you, ma'am..."