Beautiful star Shoshana Bush shows an eagerness to engage
in scatology that recalls Anna Faris, the Wayans» most recent discovery.
Not exact matches
-- To be continued
in the program notes for other deep and radically contemporary plays, such as Biblical
Scatology and Old Rented Mistresses, etc..)
In the total historical context, however, Luther's
scatology - permeated language has to be taken seriously as an expression of the painful battle fought body and soul against the Adversary, who threatens both flesh and spirit.
They worked with Carrey
in «Dumb and Dumber,» which has some very big laughs
in it, but this time their formula of
scatology, sexuality, political incorrectness and cheerful obscenity seems written by the numbers.
So, what we have here is more than the genre's trademark indulgence
in misogyny and
scatology.
Worse, nobody involved seems to trust the material, so each potentially witty or endearing moment gets drowned
in a sea of lazy
scatology (possible nadir: Marano appears to have pooped her pants) and quirky digressions.
As it stands, the picture is a sterling refutation of the idea that
scatology and idiocy are a pre-requisite
in children's entertainment — a reminder that the films we make for kids should be superior
in a lot of ways to the garbage we churn out for adults.
«The Sweetest Thing» shows some charm initially, but the minute Christina and her pal Courtney (Applegate) hit the road
in pursuit of Peter, director Roger («Cruel Intentions») Kumble's movie abandons all sense for
scatology, maggots and strained, amateurishly executed slapstick about urinals and oral sex.
Not that there's anything wrong with cheap
scatology, mind, only that it seems played - out, and so it's something of a revelation to find that franchise's own secret weapon, Seann William «Stifler» Scott (who, let's face it, is impossible not to like ever since he was brought to orgasm through manual stimulation of his prostate
in that franchise), so quiet and unassuming
in the title role as dim, sweet Doug Glatt.
Get Smart plays a great deal like the best parts of Farrelly Brothers comedies: largely free of their
scatology, it finds its footing
in strong characterizations and action scenes that work because the picture surprises by making you care.
In the eighties and nineties, these things were excellent analogs for the intersection of abstraction,
scatology, commodity art, and the rise and fall of the art market.