Not exact matches
If there's a
personal stamp to be found in a dark
comedy featuring a directionless hitman who finds hope in
acting, look no further than the SNL alum.
Bush took the
personal hit in stride, continuing to
act in additional projects such as Supercross: The Movie and the popular 2006
comedy John Tucker Must Die.
Interestingly enough, the more broad
comedy that opens the film is not as effective as the more
personal comedy that takes off in the second
act.
In doing so, she has established an artistic identity apart from her
acting: she co-directed Nights and Weekends with Joe Swanberg, and has cultivated a strong creative and
personal partnership with Noah Baumbach, co-writing two of the most attuned
comedies of the decade together.
Devised by
acting - writing
comedy team Lowe and Oram and co-scripted by Amy Jump, director Ben Wheatley's professional and
personal partner, the movie pokes fun at the social limitations of these lumpen Midlanders without sneering at or patronizing them.
The couple had the challenge of turning their
personal history into a three -
act comedy, without reducing either character to a familiar rom - com trope.
The Morrisons» dark
comedy unfolds over the course of six
acts and in multiple locations — inside and outside of DiverseWorks — and unpacks the construction of «self» as a performance provoked by
personal trauma, psychological breakdown, and ethical discrepancy.»