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Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Dark Screwball Link

Filed under: General — m759 @ 9:15 am

A broken link found in the search results of 
the previous post suggests a review . . .

Dark Screwball

Filed under: General — m759 @ 9:01 am

See the title in this journal.

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Dark Comedy  Continues

Filed under: General — Tags: — m759 @ 7:42 pm

“There are dark comedies. There are screwball comedies.
But there aren’t many dark screwball comedies.
And if Nora Ephron’s Lucky Numbers  is any indication,
there’s a good reason for that.”

— Todd Anthony, South Florida Sun-Sentinel 

Friday, August 18, 2023

Desilu Drumpad and the All-Day Heart-On

Filed under: General — Tags: — m759 @ 1:58 pm

“There are dark comedies. There are screwball comedies.
But there aren’t many dark screwball comedies.
And if Nora Ephron’s Lucky Numbers  is any indication,
there’s a good reason for that.”

— Todd Anthony, South Florida Sun-Sentinel 

Sunday, August 6, 2023

Annals of Iconography: The Dark Center

Filed under: General — Tags: — m759 @ 11:46 am

At the National Comedy Center

“There are dark comedies. There are screwball comedies.
But there aren’t many dark screwball comedies.
And if Nora Ephron’s Lucky Numbers  is any indication,
there’s a good reason for that.”

— Todd Anthony, South Florida Sun-Sentinel 

Monday, June 29, 2020

Dark Comedy

Filed under: General — Tags: , , — m759 @ 2:42 am

“There are dark comedies. There are screwball comedies.
But there aren’t many dark screwball comedies.
And if Nora Ephron’s Lucky Numbers  is any indication,
there’s a good reason for that.”

— Todd Anthony, South Florida Sun-Sentinel 

Perhaps another indication — De Palma's  Body Double .

"Like a rose under the April snow . . . ." — Streisand

Sunday, May 24, 2015

Welcome to Them

Filed under: General — m759 @ 9:19 am

For the star of the recent film "Welcome to Me," 
a remark quoted here 12 years ago —

“There are dark comedies. There are screwball comedies.
But there aren’t many dark screwball comedies.
And if Nora Ephron’s Lucky Numbers  is any indication,
there’s a good reason for that.”

— Todd Anthony, South Florida Sun-Sentinel 

Wednesday, May 21, 2003

Wednesday May 21, 2003

Filed under: General — m759 @ 3:57 pm

The 401 Club: Commentary on
yesterday’s “The Lottery Covenant”
and Monday’s “A Mighty Wind”

 “There are dark comedies. There are screwball comedies. But there aren’t many dark screwball comedies. And if Nora Ephron’s Lucky Numbers is any indication, there’s a good reason for that.”
Todd Anthony, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

See also the dark screwball comedy starring Pat Robertson and Michael Eisner,

Bizarre Marriage.
  

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