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Man Beats Teen. Trade Roughage 07/28/08

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By Karina Longworth posted 1 year ago
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  • In the weekend battle of Sundance doc winners, Man on Wire easily outgrossed American Teen, with the former’s $24,250 on each of its two screens to the latter’s $8,565 on each of its five.
  • Meanwhile, Batman eats money.
  • Ridley Scott’s Nottingham has been delayed. Universal is apparently worried about an impending SAG strike (reminder: actors have been working without a new contract for like two weeks) and the fact that “the film’s forest locations need to be green.”
  • Fouad Mikati will direct Ving Rhames, Ellen Barkin, Rob Corddry, Bob Odenkirk, Jeffrey Tambor and Maggie Q in Rogue’s Gallery for Richard Kelly’s Darko Entertainment.

Are professionals always funnier?

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A recent USA Today article called “Funny business going on online” (such a Mc Paper headline) quotes Bob Odenkirk, who created and starred in the HBO series Mr. Show. Odenkirk predicts that professional comedy is what’s next for online entertainment.

Odenkirk says professional comedy series, delivered in short bits over the Internet, is the logical progression from the user-submitted pranks and candid-camera clips so popular on sites such as YouTube and Revver.

“You’re going to see a lot more of these conscious pieces of performance, something that’s written and there’s an idea and a character