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Rabbit Test (1978)
What's funny is how bad this is
Don't watch this movie to laugh at its jokes - most of them are groan-worthy. Do watch this movie as a study on how bad a movie can be. If you care about movies and how they're made, you may find yourself laughing at all the poorly conceived moments in the film, and there's PLENTY. And that's a kind of entertainment, right? Thus my 4/10.
Anyway, Billy Crystal still shines in this despite the poor script and directing. He looks like a guy game for anything, and as we know, that attitude helped him a lot outside and beyond this mess (like in "Soap" and "When Harry Met Sally"). Joan Rivers never made another movie after this... surprise!?
Chris Rock: Selective Outrage (2023)
Worth a watch, but not much that's side-splitting
Watched this last night. 6/10 from me. I genuinely laughed several times but also grimaced a few times (gird yourself for his abortion jokes and excessive use of the 'n' word). He adeptly stepped through some controversial topics, but stepped into s**t in a couple others. He offered a number of personal tales, which some will find amusing and others may find boring. His take on the Will Smith incident toward the end of the show was pretty funny, although not terribly side-splitting.
In the final analysis, I had expected to laugh considerably more than I did, but it was certainly worth a late-night viewing.
The Neighborhood (2018)
Passes the comedy test
As I laugh, and I laugh constantly, as I do watching this show, therefore it's funny, and therefore a strong comedy. And it's hard to make me laugh watching a new show. Are some of the jokes corny? Yes. But it works anyway. It does seem at times to rehash issues brought up in earlier shows, but it's also showing us some aspects we haven't seen before. The racial aspect is just a vehicle for the jokes. I think some viewers expect to be hit over the head with a message, and then when they don't, they get upset... even though this. is. a. sitcom! Don't let critics tell you how to feel about some really good joke telling, and landing. Great cast too!