The Wit

August 21, 2005

A month or so ago I was messing around with an online “test” that determined what sort of humor you were into. It ended up categorizing me as a “Wit,” with a preference for subtle, edgy humor and shying away from spontaneous and vulgar material. My closest celebrity comparisons were Jon Stewart, Woody Allen and Ricky Gervais, which would be a fun cab ride but a pretty unappealing orgy. Giant 3-D Diagram Here.

I only bring this up because the last four movies I’ve seen are The Wedding Crashers, The Aristocrats, Dukes of Hazzard and 40 Year Old Virgin.

There goes that theory.

For the record, I’d actually recommend all of them but Dukes of Hazzard, which wouldn’t be entertaining even if I watched it on cable. The Aristocrats, a documentary about the world’s dirtiest joke, is gleefully vulgar but it has its share of cerebral moments too. It gets a little repetitive, but it’s fun to see the different nuances comedians bring to the same material. 40 Year Old Virgin is probably the most endearing over-the-top sex comedy since There’s Something About Mary, and Wedding Crashers isn’t far behind. In the end, Virgin’s better because it doesn’t crash and burn with about thirty minutes to go. Judd Apatow’s creation really is about 900x funnier than Superstud. Sorry Paul.

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