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Articles tagged "lewis black" PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008 FeatureBack to Basics - The 30 Best TV Shows of 2008by PopMatters Staff[12.Jan.09] :. The Year in TV was a lot like the US economy: struggling until summer and then tanking under the hope of a 2009 comeback. Still, our staff found 30 solid reasons to be cheerful come entertainment investment time. PopMatters Picks: The Best TV, Film, and DVD of 2008  Short Ends and LeaderLewis Black’s Root of All Evilby Bill Gibron[19.Oct.08] :. Just like other fine arts - of conversation, of letter writing, of human compassion - debate has been downplayed and demonized by modern society. We don’t like dissent. Instead, we enforce... NewsLewis Black: furious comedianby Julie Hinds [Detroit Free Press (MCT)][4.Dec.07] :. Lewis Black is sort of like 12 angry men rolled into one. At this year’s Emmys, he was gloriously apoplectic, ranting at network executives for junking up TV screens with those annoying promos...  NewsComedy boils over when Lewis Black hits the stageby Bruce Dancis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][15.Aug.07] :. Picture an angry bull or bulldog in an old cartoon: His hoofs/paws beat the ground, his nostrils flare and steam is coming out of his ears. Then picture the human equivalent—Lewis Black. He...  Film ReviewUnaccompanied Minors (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs[12.Dec.06] :. Why is the Christmas message in "family movies" repeatedly reduced to splats, farts, bruises, and winky-wink sex jokes?  Film ReviewMan of the Year (2006)by Cynthia Fuchs[13.Oct.06] :. The troubles with Barry Levinson's movie are many, including an erratic pace and too many unfunny diversions, but the primary issue, strangely, is its lack of pointed political humor. |
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