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Issue 23: Funny Bones

April 2015

Letter from the Editor

Elizabeth Cantwell·
Issue 23: Funny Bones
t’s lowbrow. It’s juvenile. It’s crude; it’s course. It’s impulse, not intellect. It siphons its humor from someone else’s pain....
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The Philadelphia Story (1940) | art by Sophia Foster-Dimino

A Slap on the Back and Heavy Mist Before the Eyes

Karina Wolf·
Issue 23: Funny Bones
"The time to make up your mind about people is never," that colossal line of dialogue, the film’s humanist credo, is the reason I’ve loved The Philadelphia Story for so long.
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Car Chase Ends in Bay Swim, Police Say Screwballs Involved

Kara Shroyer·
Issue 23: Funny Bones
San Francisco Chronicle July 17, 1972 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — Frederick Larabee, founder of the Larabee Foundation, was among more than...
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Laughing All the Way

Chad Perman·
Issue 23: Funny Bones
Growing up with, and connecting through, '80s comedies.
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Physical Comedy in Modern Times

Greg Cwik·
Issue 23: Funny Bones
 Like Joseph Cotten standing over Harry Lime’s secretly empty grave, moviegoers have been mourning the false death of physical comedy...
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Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That

Elizabeth Cantwell·
Issue 23: Funny Bones
I am not a Carrie. I am not a Miranda or a Samantha or a Charlotte. I’m also not a...
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All Hail the Mustard King

Thomas Willett·
Issue 23: Funny Bones
I have been fat since I was young. As I moved between childhood and adulthood, through schools, friends, and life...
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Raising Arizona (1987) | art by Brianna Ashby

Far From a Good Thing

Fran Hoepfner·
Issue 23: Funny Bones
Raising Arizona is a film that encapsulates so much of what's wonderful about the Coen Brothers' work; it's unapologetic in its absurdity.
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Ranger’s Gambit

Christopher Cantwell·
Issue 23: Funny Bones
Ranger’s Gambit (1980) has disappeared to time, but in several aspects it is Burt Reynolds’ most fascinating work.
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An Interview with The Chicken in Hot Shots: Part Deux

Nick Rallo·
Issue 23: Funny Bones
Sometime before 1993, actual chicken and actor Cluck Wingston walked onto Stage 14 of the 20th Century Fox Studios on...
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