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libertangoApparently there's a video tape titled, The Best of Will Farrell.
At first I wasn't sure whether the title was sarcastic. Then I saw that it was Volume I, and not a 45-second demo reel. Since this implies other volumes, I guess it also implies all sarcasm being unintentional.
Farrell, along with Chris Kattan, was one of the "stars" of the movie -- A Night at the Roxbury -- that gave![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
akirlu and me a private-lexicon word: YAMAD. YAMAD stands for, Yet Another Movie About Dorks.
Most teen comedies tend to be YAMAD, though not all. Interestingly, Kevin Smith usually makes YAMAD, though of a very high order, proving the genre is not without redeeming features. But the crux of YAMAD is to show you a world where everyone is dorkier than you are, and thus reassure you that you're better off than you know. Deepest, darkest YAMAD, like Roxbury (whose trailer played entirely too many times at much better movies), frequently feature recent Saturday Night Live alums, and are produced by Lorne Michaels.
At first I wasn't sure whether the title was sarcastic. Then I saw that it was Volume I, and not a 45-second demo reel. Since this implies other volumes, I guess it also implies all sarcasm being unintentional.
Farrell, along with Chris Kattan, was one of the "stars" of the movie -- A Night at the Roxbury -- that gave
akirlu and me a private-lexicon word: YAMAD. YAMAD stands for, Yet Another Movie About Dorks.Most teen comedies tend to be YAMAD, though not all. Interestingly, Kevin Smith usually makes YAMAD, though of a very high order, proving the genre is not without redeeming features. But the crux of YAMAD is to show you a world where everyone is dorkier than you are, and thus reassure you that you're better off than you know. Deepest, darkest YAMAD, like Roxbury (whose trailer played entirely too many times at much better movies), frequently feature recent Saturday Night Live alums, and are produced by Lorne Michaels.
