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blogs.suntimes.com - 4/8/2008

The Apatow schlub: Too ugly for the girl?

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View image Mila Kunis and Jason Segel in "Forgetting Sarah Marshall." "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," starring and written by Jason Segel ("Freaks and Geeks," "Undelcared," "Knocked Up") opens April 18. Last month, after an early screening, Jeffrey Wells at Hollwyood Elsewhere revealed that the idea of "marginally unattractive guys -- witty stoners, clever fatties, doughy-bodied dorks, ...

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Emerson Rips
Hollywood Elsewhere — Emerson Rips Thanks to Chicago Sun Times blogger Jim Emerson for calling attention to my 3.12.08 "Eclipse of the Hunk" piece , which basically observed that due to the films of Judd Apatow , "marginally unattractive guys -- witty stoners, clever fatties, doughy-bodied dorks, thoughtful-sensitive dweebs and bearish oversize guys in their 20s and 30s -- can be and in fact are the new 'romantic leads' (for lack of a better or more appropriate term) in today's comedies." Of course, Emerson uses the occasion to ridicule me, and of course his talk-backers follow suit. ...

Film Clips: Where are the Movies Where Unattractive Women Score Hot Guys?
Cinematical — ... One of my favorite bloggers, Jim Emerson, gives Hollywood Elsewhere's Jeff Wells a virtual bitchslap for a recent post Wells made on his favorite topic: how he doesn't believe guys who look "normal" (i.e., to him, fat and ugly) really score with beautiful women. In a post last month titled " ...