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Caalarogashark Media.
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Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with your daily comedy news.
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I'll talk about Andy Schumer's movie in the second half.
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Let's start with Joe Rogan. There's been some back and
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forth on what went down or didn't go down with
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Kamala Harris not appearing on Rogan's podcast. I had mentioned
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the other day about a book, and according to Rogan,
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those books authors never reached out to Rogan for his
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side of the story. Joe said, they supposedly talked to
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one hundred and fifty people about this, but they didn't
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talk to us. That's kind of crazy. Joe explained his
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version of what went down. Here's a lengthy clip. I
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have made some edits to it for pacing. It's a
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five minute clip that I've cut down for f bombs.
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I try and avoid those on this program. And the
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guest stepped on Joe Rogan a few times as Joe spoke.
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But let's listen to Joe.
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This is how it worked. Trump was really easy to book,
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like super easy. We offered one day. He said, yes,
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that was it. There was no what are we going
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to talk about? How long is it going to be?
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Is it going to be edited. There was nothing. What's
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the waiver here, give me that waiver? Sign it. It
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was so easy. So he was already booked. They never
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committed to doing the show. So all this talk, there
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was another thing. They said that the reason why they
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did the Beyonce thing, the Beyonce event in Houston, was
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so that they could be in Texas to do my show.
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They never agreed to do the show. None of that's true.
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This was really important. Even after Trump went on, they
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offered for me to come to DC and do a
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show with Kamala. But even then it was the same deal.
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It was only like forty five minutes to an hour,
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and you know, it was not on my set. And
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I said that, look, he did it here, we should
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probably do it here, like if it's possible to do
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it here. Obviously, when he did it, it had an
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enormous result. I'm willing to do the same thing for her.
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I wanted to release both of them on the same day.
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This was my goal. I was even trying to figure
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out if there was a way that I could do it,
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and I even offered to do it late that night.
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So the night that Trump came on, I'm like what
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if we do her like when she's done in Texas,
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if she came here, but no one ever committed to
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doing it. This is really important because they keep pretending
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that I lied, or I did this or I did that.
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No one, they never committed to doing it. We offer it,
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we went through. I've got a whole by the way,
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we have all the receipts. By the way, of course,
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I have a whole list of conversations that took place.
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They never said she was going to do it, But
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I think it's someone trying to cover their ass for
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the fact that she never did it, and if she
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did do it, it might have had a positive effect.
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Nate Burgetzi's doing a cruise with fans next year. It's
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called Nateland at Sea. It'll sail from Tampa to Coasta Maya, Mexico,
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from February fifth through the ninth, so one year away.
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It will feature quotes a slew of comedians, along with
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live music and even magic before by Nate's dead. Resale
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tickets for the cruise are February ninth and February sixteenth.
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The public sale begins February nineteenth. The comedians include John Christ,
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Dusty Sleigh and Derek Stroop. There will also be a
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Southern Spelling Bee and a belly flop contest. The cruise
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starts at twelve eighty two per person based on double occupancy.
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In case you're curious, The fair includes on board meals,
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drinks like regular coffee and non press juices, the comedy
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shows and more. We're told to prepare to laugh until
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your side's hurt as we cruise our way to sunny Mexico.
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Matt Rife and Paul Elia have announced a new Low
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Key comedy series. It'll premiere on February sixteenth on Patreon.
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Low Ki sees Matt and Paul act as hosts of
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a night of comedy, mainly improving their material along the way.
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They'll introduce a number of other stand up comedians who
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will do the same. This one was recorded during the
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twenty twenty four and Netflix as a Joke Festival. Pretty
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Good lineup Whitney Cummings, Fahim Anwar, Ian Edwards Lunel, Francisco
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Ramos and t J. Miller. The whole thing was directed
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by Eric Griffin. Carol Leefer is the guest on the
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Daily Beasts Good One podcast. Carol's a name known to
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us older folks who are around in the eighties. You
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younger folks probably don't know the name. Some say she
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was the inspiration for the Alain character on the Seinfeld sitcom,
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and The Daily Beast asked her about that, and she said, well,
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I know Jerry has said that. Look, we have a
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unique relationship. We dated early on at the beginning of
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my stand up career in the beginning of his, and
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since then we really only went out for a year
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or so, but we've stayed very good friends. And I
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think in them talking about the genius of the show,
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to have the woman on the show who's not only
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a friend but some of that Jerry once dated makes
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for an interesting relationship. So in that regard, if you're like, yeah,
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maybe I was the inspiration, Sure sounds like it to me.
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Amber Ruffin will be this year's host of the White
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House Correspondents Dinner. A spokesperson said Amber's unique talents are
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the ideal fit for this current political and cultural climate.
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Her perspective will fit right in with the dinner's tradition
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of honoring the freedom of the breast while roasting the
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most powerful people on all sides of the isle. And
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the journalists who cover them. It is unclear if President
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Trump will make this one. During his first term, he
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did not attend the dinner. There are those that believe
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that it was a White House correspondents to dinner many
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moons ago when President Obama made some jokes about Trump,
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and it was at that moment Trump decided to run
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for office himself to get back at everybody. I don't
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know if that's true or not, but that's how the
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story goes. Late Night I wrote about Desi Leiitick hosting
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The Daily Show, and I think she should actually be
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the host. Desi told Late Night her I watched John
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and all the corresponds on the show all through my twenties,
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and I thought, this is what I want to do
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for her character. She says, I like to say I'm
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overly confident and underinformed. Not that she's not smart, but
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she didn't do her homework. She explains, when you host,
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you're a version of yourself. You have to bring a
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certain amount of authenticity to just throw away the armor
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of a character that was the part of the unknown
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for me. Can I do the job just be funny
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as myself? It makes no sense at all. That I
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would feel comfortable doing this, but for some reason I do.
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My goal every time I set at the desk is
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just to be present, Just be in the moment. That's
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my little mantra before going out there. So far, I've
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been able to just enjoy every moment of it. Does
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He explained some advice she got from John Stewart. It's
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not about abandoning your humanity and your empathy. Don't put
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pressure on yourself to be the resistance, to say the
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perfect thing to respond every story. Just go out there
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and try to make the funniest and smart to shows
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you can, and don't abandon your humanity. People ask me
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how we're going to cover Trump two point zero. I say,
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we don't even know what we're going to cover tonight.
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It's so volatile. Stars and Stripes caught up with Joe Koy.
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He was touring military bases in Guam and Japan. Joe said,
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when I go out there and know how much the
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show means to these people, this is my way of
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saying thank you to those who serve I get to
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be a comic around the world because you guys are
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making that happen for me. Sometimes people will take things
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for granted, we don't take pride in what we got.
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And that's the one thing I love about these service members.
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They're proud of what they do, They're proud of their bases,
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and they're proud of their people. Each base was like
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this big giant show and tell, and they went above
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and beyond. It was just incredible. You may recall Joe
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Cooy when sostud the Golden Globes and told the joke
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about Taylor Swift. Jack Whitehall has joined the list of
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people who say Prince Harry ghosted them after Megan Markle
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showed up. The British comedian once considered themselves good friends
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with Prince Harry when Harry was a bachelor. Jack told
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an Australian radio show that he wasn't quite in the
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inner circle. We had a few wild nights out with
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Prince Harry. Jack's father, Michael, has previously suggested that Jack's
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Royal exile might have something to do with a joke
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he made at the twenty fifteen Royal Variety performance where
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he called Harry Ginger nuts. As I've mentioned from time
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to time, I'm the writer on the Palace Intrigue podcast.
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We talk about the British Royals seven days a week,
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and yeah, we're gonna talk about this story. Sure, okay.
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Amy Schumer wanted us to talk about her, and so
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we shall. Let's start with the reviews. Stay with me
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for this whole segment because I need you to hear
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my complete thoughts here before you just decide, Oh, John,
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just be to go, buddaby Shooter. I will start with
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the Hollywood Reporter, which is an industry trade and generally
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positive about everything. Their headline, kind of Pregnant review Amy
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Schumer's Netflix comedy is kind of dull. Most of the
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headlines did some sort of kind of pun. The hollyod
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Reporter writes there's a version of this story that finds
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complexity in surprise heart and the concept, but kind of
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Pregnant prefers to stay on the surface. That shaloness puts
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more pressure on the comedy, which is challenging because Kind
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of Pregnant is not exceptionally funny either. Most of the
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lasts come from the sporting characters, and for all its
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good intentions, the movie is so formulaic that it verges
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on dull. We know that Laney will eventually be find out,
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but the narrative struggles to keep us curious, and the
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direction can't recoup the lost momentum. The results is a
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film that not only seems on sure if its purpose,
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but loses steam before it ever really gets going. Leisurebite
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dot com their headline kind of Pregnant review less comedy,
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more secondhand embarrassment. They write, with a cast as wonderful
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as this, this film could have done a lot better
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by utilizing them to the fullest, but all we get
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is a film that's simply a waste of time for viewers.
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There's no flow in the way things play out, no
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chemistry between the characters, a messy sex scene, fake characters
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that only spoil the whole mood, and more. There is
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more downside to this film than there is any good,
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which only pushes forth our disappointment. Kind of Pregnant is
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the kind of film you'd rather skip than give a watch.
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Despite the wonderful cast, the overall picture is a mess
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and something that's only fit to watch where there's nothing
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else to watch. Two stars out of five. Film Feeder
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gave it a one out of five, saying mind numbingly
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predictable as it is, you can tell from the moment
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Schumer's character begins wearing her fake bump, that the truth
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will out at some point, as it often does in
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film centered around a big, fat lie. They write, it
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isn't even how desperately unfunny it is, with plenty of
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physical gags that border on ridiculous, and some set pieces
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where the biggest jokes are heavily telegraphed, in between scenes
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that rely on people acting overly weird and simply shouting
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every other line for comedic effect, as is the Happy
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Mass in Way. Rather, it's the fact that such a
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badly constructed script has come from Schumer herself, a far
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cry from her earlier and much funnier works ten or
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so years ago. The Guardian gave it two out of five.
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Their headline kind of pregnant review. I am Mey Schumer's
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Netflix comedy is kind of disappointing, they write. Let me
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be clear, I'm always rooting for Amy Schumer, though sometimes
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she makes it difficult. When she's good, she's great for
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the most part. That was on inside Amy Schumer kind
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of pregnant. Please with the hit. Schumer's known for shameless
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physical comedy, frank discussion of bodies, brash, refusal to play
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good girl, but feel stuck in the past, unable to
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generate new sparks. There's just not that much funny to
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be found here. And you'll probably see a review in
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your local newspaper. This is all sourced from the same
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place with the Associated Press. This one came up a
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lot in my search in many local newspapers against sourcing
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the AP. They gave it two and a half stars
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out of four. They wrote, and this is the best
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review I saw again, two and a half out of four.
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Kind of pregnant is kind of good. Now I thought
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this was interesting. I hadn't realized this. Director Tyler Spindel,
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is Adam Sandler's nephew. Welcome to the business. Everybody. Everybody
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knows somebody. Sandler is a producer on the film that
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his nephew directs. I will come back to that point.
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Tyler doesn't do anything to advance the movie comedy, a
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languishing proposition in recent years with few screen exceptions, but
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he crucially gives his performers plenty of space to be themselves.
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If Knocked Up captured the comedy of getting unexpectedly pregnant,
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kind of pregnant bodies, the pain of wishing you were okay. So, John,
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you obviously hate Amy Schumer and you're just here to
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beat up on Amy Schumer.
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I get it.