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The Escapist’s Doraleous and Associates Delights in Verbal Jousting
There is a comedic convention I have always been a fan of. It’s the mixing of very high concept with very low action. For those of you...
‘Premarital Six’ Searches for Laughs
Comedy has 5 golden rules. Set in stone. Don’t bother googling them. It’s a secret. The only people who know all five are myself, Jay...
‘Intercourse With A Vampire’ Picks Up ‘Twilight’ 5 (or 10) Years Later
Now is exactly the right time to spoof vampires, because they are everywhere. Right Thoughts of a dying Atheist? They are in our books,...
‘byCHANCE’ Tells Real Boston Stories
I will be honest. I don’t know what byCHANCE - a new web series from Noah Craigwell, Darrus Sands, Miranda Craigwell, and Miles...
‘The Buried Life’ Cloys from YouTube to MTV
There are not a lot of TV shows about well meaning people who do well intentioned things. I guess the theory is no one would watch them....
'The Iceman Chronicles' Cometh, As Do Laughs
The Iceman Chronicles is the latest web series from Fox's online production company 15Gigs. On paper, the premise will sound familiar to...
‘The Iceman Chronicles’ Cometh, As Do Laughs
The Iceman Chronicles is the latest web series from Fox's online production company 15Gigs. On paper, the premise will sound familiar to...
'Sex Ed' Shows Us Sex Comedy Isn't Beaten Up Yet
The Sex Comedy genre does not inspire a lot of confidence in me. Probably because those two words don’t sound right together, like...
'The Vetala' Brings Hindu Vampire Mythology to Life
The Vetala presents itself as a lot of things - a crime drama, a thriller, a hard-boiled mystery, and above all else as a nod to...
Desperate 'Downtown Delusional Divas' Make for Smart Laughs
New York has a lot of scenes. There’s the “Williamsburg hipster” scene, the “Lower East Side hipster” scene and the...
