In Reply to: "when it ended, there was a general wave of disappointment"--yeah, tell me about it posted by Jazz Inmate on November 11, 2009 at 22:22:11:
The film, JI, was aimed at people like you, no wonder you couldn't laugh. The film showing I attended was at the Bijou cinema in Eugene; it was an evening performance, and the theater was 4/5s or so full. The disappointment was that the film had ended, not at the content. The crowd was buzzing as it exited, laughing.
Anyone that found "The Big Lebowski" funny will roar at this one, too.
It is unfortunate that this is marketed so heavily as a "Jewish" comedy. It applies to any belief system. Heck, you could imagine the Rabbis as Rumsfeld, Cheney, and Rice. Well, maybe you wouldn't find that humorous, either....
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Follow Ups
- Rottentomatoes.com has it at 85%, a damned fine showing for a cult director's black comedy. - tinear 08:04:58 11/12/09 (2)
- Barton Fink was a black comedy. Serious Man was crap - Jazz Inmate 08:23:41 11/12/09 (1)
- OK...we get it. - Harmonia 16:48:19 11/12/09 (0)