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  • Film Review: THE COMEDY (directed by Rick Alverson)

    By Zach Freeman | November 6, 2012
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    THE JOKE’S ON WHO? As a story, The Comedy is as blunt as its title, devoting 94 unrelenting minutes of character development to a man-boy whose development and character are equally questionable. Tasked with bringing some sense of soul to the dead-eyed, over-privileged slacker Swanson, Tim Heidecker (the Tim half of Adult Swim’s Tim and…

  • Chicago Theater Review: PONTYPOOL (Strawdog Theatre Company)

    By Zach Freeman | October 15, 2012
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    THE LANGUAGE OF THE ZOMBIE Over a decade ago, author Tony Burgess penned the experimental novel Pontypool Changes Everything, which featured what could be called “zombies” but focused more on semiotics in a highly stylized and sometimes off-putting way. A few years ago, Burgess adapted that novel into a screenplay for the well-received film Pontypool,…

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