This Is Shorty: Why Are We Afraid of Long Comedies?
Landon Palmer asks the question why studios are afraid to let the run times of comedies expand. Self-indulgent. Nevel-gazing. Structureless. Plotless. These are some of the shared criticisms that have been leveled at Judd Apatow’s This Is 40, but many of these denunciations have been articulated in tandem with complaints about the film’s length. “This is 40 Read MoreRead More