tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post115489339276703705..comments2023-10-31T06:25:46.016-04:00Comments on SLANTblog: Five Favorite ComediesF.T. Reahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02042465274190082050noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640358.post-1154904492659013602006-08-06T18:48:00.000-04:002006-08-06T18:48:00.000-04:00Wow--talk about a challenge. I haven't seen "Duck...Wow--talk about a challenge. I haven't seen "Duck Soup" or "The Philadelphia Story"--but I'd agree with the other three picks--very funny.<BR/><BR/>To the list I'd add Milos Foreman's "Fireman's Ball"--a madcap comedy about a beauty contest set in a small town in 1960s Communist Czechoslovkia. <BR/><BR/>The Farrelly Brother's "Something About Mary"--which masters the art of "plant and payoff" (e.g. plot details mentioned in the first 20 minutes that seem like throw-away details, which come into play towards the end of the movie). I count at least 15 of these off-handed "plants".<BR/><BR/>Also Preston Sturges "Miracle at Morgan's Creek", Billy Wilder's "Some Like it Hot", and Ernest Lubitsch's "Unfaithfully Yours" draw serious consideration.JPRS2010https://www.blogger.com/profile/05527755235220303537noreply@blogger.com