It’s Oscar season again – long and drawn out as that may be – at least Oscar season for Lionel Chetwynd and me because we are starting to receive the annual screeners. Soon it will be like the Sorcerer’s Apprentice and we will have enough of these leftover DVDs to provide coasters for “My Big Fat Greek Wedding II.” [Are they making that?-ed. Not to my knowledge]
Anyway Lionel and I will review those of interest to us on Poliwood – the first being Woody Allen’s “Whatever Works,” starring Larry David as Woody – the aging playing the aged. Anyway, Woody’s fantasy that you can be attractive to twenty-year olds at seventy goes on. Lionel and I have fun with it here. And we have some other comments about DAvid and Allen as well. Speaking of the aged, old Poliwoods are here.
“Anyway, Woody’s fantasy that you can be attractive to twenty-year olds at seventy goes on…”
Well, that fantasy is somewhat aided and abetted by Hugh Hefner’s obvious success at it.
The world is fuill of old men who are rich, powerful, charismatic, or some combination of the above, who attract young women. My guess is that Woody Allen could have his pick at any film school, art school or other aesthetic paradise on the country, and certainly in France.
I loved Lionel’s line in the video that “Curb Your Enthusiasm” is “Amos and Andy, except with Jews.” That is beautiful. I think that show takes the particular form of stereotyped American Jewish neurosis David developed on “Seinfeld” and takes to the next, more painful, level.
Great piece, guys.
Woody Allen really thinks way too highly of himself. I find Larry David despite his occasional funniness to be a misanthrope.