Caroline Aaron
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A struggling comedian is lured home for the holidays, and she works to redefine her relationships with her father and siblings. When her dad's unconventional lifestyle comes to light, she must face a life-changing decision about caring for her brother with disabilities.
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F*ck the F*ckity F*ckin' F*cker. Readers of Katherine Dunn won't be surprised that this was her father's favorite sentence, or that, as a young girl, she heard it as a kind of profane poem, a secret song. For many of us, the language of Geek Love carries a similar staying power, born of Dunn's agile use of language and her strange, beautiful diction. And as a true exegete of the expletive, she remained undividedly devoted to obscenity both as scholar...
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It's 1929 as The Jazz Singer hits the silver screen and the 'talkies' promise to change movies forever. Enter three down-and-out vaudevillians who hatch a hare-brained scheme to 'make it big' in Tinsel Town. Their plan? To open a voice academy for the witless stars of silent movies. The only things standing in their way are ditzy starlets and power-hungry movie moguls. Directed by Moss Hart's son, this is top-of-the-bill screwball comedy and Kaufman...