Slog - Comments on Comedy Has a New Enemy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy Please enjoy the preview for Mike Myers' forthcoming film, The Love Guru. Oh my aching sides. Thank you, Defamer.... Copyright 2008 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:59:17 -0800 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:12:16 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Levislade Ouch.

I really thought Mike Myers was going to make something of himself once; he seemed to have a lot of talent and potential. What a disappointment.

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988081 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988081 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:59:48 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV I made it about 42 seconds into the clip.

Then stopped.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988087 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988087 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:01:54 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Oh, I don't know, I watched the long film preview and it looked mildly interesting.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988090 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988090 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:03:47 -0800 Comment by TheMisanthrope Mike Myers is an old enemy to comedy. Please note: Wayne's World 2, or The Cat in the Hat.

]]> TheMisanthrope http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988092 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988092 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:04:35 -0800 Comment by Ari Spool What do you call East Indian Blackface? Mochaface?

]]> Ari Spool http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988102 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988102 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:08:13 -0800 Comment by Mike of Renton @4: Very good point.


@Slog: That's two Jessica Alba related posts in one day. Just sayin.

]]> Mike of Renton http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988108 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988108 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:09:14 -0800 Comment by Sargon Bighorn No wonder they hate us.

]]> Sargon Bighorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988150 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988150 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:29:25 -0800 Comment by Carollani Everything is wrong with that. Everything.

]]> Carollani http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988152 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988152 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:30:35 -0800 Comment by Morgan Huh. I never knew Mike Meyers had a midget fetish.

]]> Morgan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988186 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988186 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:51:08 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @9 - you didn't? I thought it was obvious ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988203 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988203 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:00:04 -0800 Comment by mark what a great job mike meyers! you wrote/produced/starred a film that is targeted to impressionable teenagers thereby indoctrinated them with distorted and narrow views of other cultures! keep up the good work!

]]> mark http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988225 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988225 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:12:15 -0800 Comment by happy renter as if recycling the same jokes for 3 austin powers movies wasn't enough...

]]> happy renter http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988233 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988233 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:16:05 -0800 Comment by COMTE *Sigh!* Peter Sellers is spinning in his grave like that globe he bumbled over in "The Pink Panther".

For years Myers has just treading over the same ground, some of which was already pretty shaky, even when Sellers managed to pull it off, (e.g. his Indian "impersonation" in "The Party"); now, it's just embarrassing.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988271 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988271 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:38:19 -0800 Comment by Patrick
It looks like it falls on about the 7 on this scale.

]]> Patrick http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988316 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988316 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:07:55 -0800 Comment by Patrick http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldfischegirl/2245034382/

]]> Patrick http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988319 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988319 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:09:00 -0800 Comment by sir jorge that is the most unfunny, offensive movie trailer I've seen in a long time.

This film + sandler's new film + will smith's new film = a reason for the writers to go back on strike

]]> sir jorge http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988348 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988348 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:31:02 -0800 Comment by MyDogBen I laughed. I am ashamed.

]]> MyDogBen http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988481 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988481 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:38:23 -0800 Comment by Bob The mom joke in the bar was kinda funny. It didn't make sense but I chuckled. It's so sad how they took such an amazing idea for a plot Indian guru saves hockey team and screwed it up. Like Waterworld, what a brilliant concept so badly executed. This is Mike Myers Waterworld!

]]> Bob http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988493 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988493 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:48:07 -0800 Comment by Brandon H Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery was hilarious...11 years ago. The resulting pop culture obsession with it and the 2 resulting movies were a comic suicide and abortion all in one. Mike Myers is a one hit wonder through and through (he wasn't even that funny on SNL, Waynes World included).

This racist BS reminds me of that Peter Sellers movie "The Fiendish plot of Dr. Fu Manchu".

]]> Brandon H http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988508 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988508 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:08:25 -0800 Comment by meatwhichdreams I find this to be a most excellent documentation of the non-thought-process Hollywood went through for this one.

http://mightygodking.com/index.php/2008/03/19/explaining-hollywood-part-four/

]]> meatwhichdreams http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988592 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988592 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:36:25 -0800 Comment by drewl @6 Nuthin' wrong with that.

]]> drewl http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988597 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988597 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:47:32 -0800 Comment by J. Whorfin Well, I'm glad to see Mini-Me has some work.

Also, didn't that "shove these beads up your nose" come right from "Cannonball Run"? If you're stealing lines from that movie, YIKES....

]]> J. Whorfin http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988608 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/comedy_has_a_new_enemy#c988608 Film Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:12:16 -0800