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Grodin and Shepherd do wonders in making their shallow characters believable, and the fact that charming Ben Stiller and Michelle Monaghan couldn’t do the same in the Farrelly Brothers’ ill-conceived remake is a testament to the tightrope walked by May in her underseen classic. In a masterpiece of awkward tension, Grodin stars as an aloof salesman who suddenly – as in, en route to the honeymoon – realises his new bride (Jeannie Berlin, May’s real daughter) is the absolute worst, then promptly falls for another guest (Cybil Shepherd) while his unsuspecting spouse heals from a bad sunburn. In a just world, her Heartbreak Kid would be her calling card – a proto cringe comedy from the pen of Neil Simon that features one of the best jittery performances of Charles Grodin’s career. Improv pioneer Elaine May completely changed comedy through her influential stage work with Mike Nichols, yet as a director she’s mostly associated with the unfairly maligned mega-bomb Ishtar. ‘They should have warned us that there was a danger of running out of pecan pie.’Ĭast: Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepherd, Jeannie Berlin
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And if you don’t find something to bring the chuckles, well, there are 99 more options where that came from. Next time you need something to turn that frown upside down, you’ll know where to start. To help us with the task, we enlisted the help of comedians (such as Russell Howard and Diane Morgan), actors (John Boyega and Jodie Whittaker, among others), directors and screenwriters (including Richard Curtis), as well as several generations worth of Time Out writers. That makes choosing the 100 best comedies of all time a little tricky. And that’s to say nothing about comedy being the hardest genre to translate across cultural divides, class strata and generations. And they need to do it effortlessly, because once a comedy shows signs of straining for a joke, the audience checks out.
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No matter the flavour – romcom, satire, gross-out, teen, screwball – they need to hit their punchlines with deadly precision. Thrillers and action flicks can appeal directly to the adrenal gland. A great horror film can tap a universal fear to be effective. InkyPen focuses on comics for gamers and now is helping blur the lines between the two.Of all film’s genres, comedy might be the hardest to nail. InkyPen is currently available exclusively on Nintendo Switch.Ĭomics are the second most commonly bought DLC item on steam after official soundtracks, and there is a long history of games based on comic IP and there is a large overlap of interest in games and comics. Currently offering many of the worlds largest publishers and titles including Attack on Titan, The Witcher and Sonic the Hedgehog. InkyPen was the third app on Nintendo Switch after YouTube and Hulu. “Bringing the whole Girl Genius universe to the players in this way is really cool for us! Imagine all those times you’ve been so invested in a character that you need to know more, but this time you can just check the in-built comic to do so!” - says Ronan This will also be updated so players can keep up to date even if they play the game in the years after release. The comics being available within the game opens up the universe like none other before, as players will be able to dive into the source material throughout the game. Bumping into Peter during a break, he had this amazing idea of using our tech in their upcoming game, and it was just too cool not to do” - Ronan, CEO of InkyPen “InkyPen and Rain share coffee in the same building here in Norway. InkyPen is an all-you-can-read comic and manga reading service on Nintendo switch, which also hosts the Girl Genius comics. Rain Games will be adding the Girl Genius webcomics to the Girl Genius video-game with help from their friends over at InkyPen. The entire 20 years of the Hugo Award winning comic: Girl Genius will be available to read within the game world in the soon to be successful Kickstarter for Girl Genius: Adventures in Castle Heterodyne. This allows players to dive into the rich canon and backstories behind the game. InkyPen, Rain Games and Studio Foglio have just teamed up to merge the comic reading and gameplay experience as never before.Įntering the world of the Girl Genius game you’ll not only play the puzzle adventures and encounter the incredible characters and story of the game but also, for the first time in any game, seamlessly read the comics as you play.