This episode of the Above Average exploratory comedy travel series takes Brooks Wheelan to France and delves into what’s up with French comedy these days.
Odds are that, if you’re stateside, you’ve maybe heard of Gad Elmaleh and that’s it.
Whether you know internationally renowned comedian Gad or not, the odds are also that comedy in France isn’t what you expect. Get into it all here.
After Conan O’Brien called out France’s late night talk show Touche Pas a Mon Paste for ripping off the long running Conan segment Tull’s Tips, “Moktar” the french version of Bill Tull, responded, sort of.
There wasn’t any real apology of any kind or anything said coherently for that matter by Moktar, so Conan has upped his demands.
This could be a fun international late night show rivalry if this keeps going. Watch the latest here.
Tip Top directed by Serge Bozon will be France’s latest comedic export to the States and with stylistic combination of whodunit, farce, wryness, French actress Isabelle Huppert who has delighted U.S. audiences plenty, and more, it might be worth checking out.
iTunes Movie Trailers has the official U.S. trailer right now and you should give it a watch and you’ll get its idea. Currently, Tip Top is only playing in NYC, but hopefully it’ll get a slightly wider limited release soon.
Eddie Izzard To Do Force Majeure in 3 Languages
Eddie Izzard can perform his latest show in English, French, and German and is going to do so all in one evening in France. We’re simultaneously amazed at the prospect of that and disgusted at our linguistic skills that can only be used in ordering tacos at food truck.
Sony Pictures Classics Acquires Rights to Woody Allen’s ‘Magic in the Moonlight’
Another beautiful destination in the French Riviera around the 1920’s plus Woody Allen equals Allen’s next film Magic In the Moonlight, a romantic comedy that could make a start for a case of a whole french romantic period in the director’s career.
As Sony Pictures Classics has gotten the rights to the film in North America, we shall see.
Woody Allen’s Next Film ‘Magic In The Moonlight’ Set in Southern France
To no one surprise, Woody Allen is lining his next movie in a picturesque locale, which just happens to be Southern France for Magic in the Moonlight.
No word on the plot and whether it’s supposed to be drama, comedy, or dramatic comedy, but we are curious as to whether this will further put on hold Allen’s wish to return to stand up.