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Is It Possible for Funny People to Be All That Funny? [Apatow's World]

Posted on November 19, 2008

It's hard to think of a comedian who it hasn't happened to. Once pigeon-holed as a laugh-getter, the comic's desire to be taken seriously grows and grows. And for some strange reason, Judd Apatow's current project Funny People wants to have it both ways: the yuks and the tears. This hilarious drama , as Apatow refers to it, has a high profile cast that includes former standups Sandler, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, and Eric Bana, and while Vanity Fair is already on the movie's jock over a recent table-read, history tells us that Funny People will be more sad than hilarious. Since the sad part is al...


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