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If you're tired of spending time watching
movies that are categorized as comedies only to find barely a laugh in
them, then this may be the answer for you.
Time after time we see full-length comedy motion pictures, featuring big-name stars, whose cast and staff have to struggle to milk two belly laughs out of ninety minutes or more of running time. Mercifully, many are short. Regrettably, many of these films merely use up a couple hours of our lives that we'll never get back, remember fondly or want to share with our friends. Don't get me wrong, there are comedies out there that are the real deal and I cherish every moment seeing them, but they are far too few among the plethora of duds that just don't hit the average funny bone. Of course, there are people out there who would laugh at the simplest contrivances. These are people you want in the front row at your stand-up comedy routine and at the opening monologue on your talk show. Most of us, however, aren't so easily moved to laughter without decent provocation. They say that in all the world there are only seven jokes. Well, if that's so, some clever guys like Neil Simon and Mel Brooks are really great at placing them before us in the most new and ingenious ways. The Odd Couple and The Goodbye Girl are funny. Blazing Saddles is hysterical. Arthur will make you pass popcorn through your nose. But for every Young Frankenstein (or is it "Frankenstien?") there are a zillion self-basting turkeys being made. I just plain got tired of it and decided to make a funny movie. No plot. No redeeming moral value. No salient political point or social statement. Just lots of laughs and pure escapist fun. Now you may find that pretty pretentious of me, but kindly reserve that judgment until you see the movie. If you don't find our movie funny....a lot funny....contact me and I'll tell you how you can get a DVD of Arthur. Paul Sekulich |
