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Coming… to a theater near you: Aristocrats

Bob Tourtellotte writing for Reuters on The Aristocrats, which opens in theaters Friday:

As punchlines go, it’s not that funny. But the way some comics describe the act makes audiences howl. Others, however, won’t repeat the joke, and still more startle audiences with a retelling that seems to be pulled from real life. What emerges is a sort of portrait of comedians at work and at play.

Precisely!

“We have no desire to sucker-punch people … We’re letting people know what they are going to see,” Jillette told Reuters. “We have a movie that has no nudity, no violence and unspeakable obscenity.”

Precisely!

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