Posts Tagged with "Chaplin"

Video from the UCB: “BP Spills Coffee”

Sunday, June 27, 2010

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Video from the UCB: “BP Spills Coffee”

This very funny video from UCB.com wrings laughs out of the Gulf oil spill by portraying BP as a bunch of gibbering subnormals. Is it funny? Unquestionably. But they should've taken that next step.

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Sarris on Woody Allen

Saturday, August 12, 2006

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In the wake of my umpteenth viewing of Stardust Memories, I read Andrew Sarris’ reviewof Woody Allen’s latest in The New York Observer. (It’s the second one, after Chambrol.) I was struck by this paragraph: The suspicion persists among many critics that when one of Mr. Allen’s films fails, it is because he isn’t really [...]

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History’s greatest bullies?

Friday, May 5, 2006

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In the wake of Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen calling satirist Stephen Colbert “a bully,” Jon and I started wondering: is Colbert the biggest bully in history? Probably. But being believers in the democratic process, we decided to assemble a list and leave the choice to you. 1. Charlie Chaplin attacks a defenseless Hitler (1937)Anybody [...]

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