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The Comedy Bureau Field Report Ep. 57: Babs Romen & What Comedy Is Supposed To Do

April 28, 2021

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Babs Romen has been anything from Mitzi Shore’s right hand to a big time network development executive to a producer of the improvised stand-up international phenomenon Set List and everything in between. She knows the business and the art of comedy in and out and that made for a great, deep chat on the purpose of comedy and what she seeks to do with it, specifically Set List, as the world aims to open again. Also “hot” takes on an English remake of the Oscar winning Another Round, an adult animated spin-off of The Flintstones, and, yep, Joe Rogan’s nonchalant anti-vaxxer stance.

Follow Babs Romen on FB here & on Twitter @babsromen. Keep up to date on Set List @setlistshow on Twitter and IG.

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Produced by Jake Kroeger
Music by Brian Granillo
Artwork by Andrew Delman and KT

Oscar Winning Dramedy ‘Another Round’ Set for English Language Remake with Leonardo DiCaprio Attached

April 26, 2021

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(via IndieWire)

Another Round, hot off the Oscar win for Best International Feature, is getting an English language, American remake with none other than Leonardo DiCaprio attached to star. Thomas Vinterberg, Another Round‘s director and co-writer, will step away from any sort of official capacity in this remake, but is personally looking forward to having a conversation with DiCaprio’s production banner Appian Way to see what they might be doing.

Ire has been already been drawn from the announcement despite Vinterberg’s openness to the possibilities of what a remake might be, especially with someone of DiCaprio’s stature and caliber. Not only is the idea of an English remake upsetting to many, but it’s a little more than odd that Mads Mikkelsen didn’t immediately come to mind to star as he both speaks very good English and has a very established and bankable name in the U.S.

More so than that, English remakes of such critically acclaimed films overseas haven’t really lived up to their original counterparts as of late. Downhill is a very painful, very recent example of this. Some thought it crucial that an English language remake of the brilliant Force Majeure from Ruben Östlund with Will Ferrell and Julia Louis Dreyfus find its way to theaters. The result was a paltry impression that lost so much of its nuance, ethos, and deeply biting satire of masculinity in place of not having to read subtitles. You can see a bit of the same dynamic with The Upside starring Kevin Hart vs. The Intouchables or Delivery Man starring Vince Vaughn vs. Starbuck (even though it was the same director).

All that said, Vinterberg has given the remake his blessing and we can only hope that his optimistic curiosity doesn’t get dashed from what comes of this.

Thomas Vinterberg Defends DiCaprio Remake of ‘Another Round’: ‘I Don’t Know If Mads Would Do Such a Thing’ https://t.co/btMHEf4NXf pic.twitter.com/SrOC6pGrfK

— IndieWire (@IndieWire) April 26, 2021

Pick of the Day: American Cinematheque: Another Round Discussion 1/14 & Free Virtual Screener

January 12, 2021

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It would seem that comedy only gets a movie or two that’ll be in serious contention for awards season and, for this coming round of awards, it would seem that Mads Mikkelsen-led Danish dramedy Another Round from Thomas Vinterberg. There’s plenty of acclaim that the it has gotten, which is especially impressive during 2020’s vast wasteland of new movie releases.

The film follows the slippery-slope experiment of seeing if increasing amounts of alcohol-intake would invigorate their daily lives. See what lovely chaos that brings in this trailer.

American Cinematheque is hosting both an exclusive panel discussion with director Thomas Vinterberg and Mikkelsen on this Sun. Jan. 17th at 11AM PT/2PM ET. That’s free to attend as well as screener access, thanks to American Cinematheque, to the film itself (you’ll have to request it by Wed. Jan. 13th, FYI).

Get more details, RSVP, etc. here.