Judd Apatow Hates Women
04.21.08
Okay, not really. But I just saw Forgetting Sarah Marshall last night (better than Superbad, about as good as Knocked Up, probably not as good as 40 Year Old Virgin, a little bit better than Muppets Take Manhattan), and I have to agree with the accepted wisdom that Apatow-productions are locked into the rigid mindset that guys are funny and women aren't.
As Knocked Up's Katherine Heigl pointed out last year:
- It was hard for me to love [Knocked Up] because it's a little sexist... It paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight, and it paints the men as goofy, fun-loving guys.
Zing! But here at DrewMelbourne.com, we're not whiners. We're problems solvers!
And so I offer up this potential solution to address the Apatowista's Achilles' Girlfriends' Heel:
- As he has with so many of his old Freaks and Geeks cast, Judd Apatow needs to kick start Linda Cardellini's (post-Scooby Doo) film career by helping her write and produce her own rated-R comedy about a funny, female slacker and the men who just don't get her until the end of the movie, when they do.
Call it Sarah Marshall Forgets To Call You Back.
I recommend Kristin Wiig as the best friend. And, if absolutely necessary, they could maybe find a part for Paul Rudd as the jerky ex-boyfriend.
Tomorrow, we solve global warming.