Have you outgrown Adam Sandler, yet long for foul-mouthed, self-effacing, Jewish-themed humor? It would be too Borscht-belt to make a yarmulke and dreidl joke here, but we'll leave to your imagination to suppose we did. Tonight at the Triple Door, Good for the Jews rocks the house. Or shtetl. If that's what a shtetl is. Oy!
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The P-I has an article today that explores the panic that the North Korean missile tests of 5, July have struck into area hearts. "I don't think Seattle will be a target," David Cahn stuttered in terror. "America has occupied their country for 50 years. America's policy is the provocation for this sort of thing," Ted Roberts told the paper while impaired by fear . "Even if (the missile) could reach the U.S., it would be wildly inaccurate, and lucky to hit the continent," expert Victoria Samson --obviously lying in order to prevent mass riots and chaos in the region-- imparted.
Seattlest probably isn't going to go see Adam Sandler's new movie Click. Momentarily setting aside the fact that we're a bit behind on our theatrical releases (haven't seen Inconvenient Truth and it's playing 5 blocks from the house), the flood of big name comedian vehicles have been disappointing lately. Word is even Nacho Libre sucks. Sandler hasn't made a good movie in... Has Sandler ever made a good movie?
Asia Argento has got her father's knack for horror. Sure, there are no limbs being severed as someone falls through broken glass, but the domestic horrors depicted in "The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things" are on par with the finest of her father's work. The film tells the story of Jeremiah. Raised by foster parents until the age of 7. Reclaimed by his abusive, alcoholic mother. Raped by her boyfriend. Abandoned by his mother. Claimed by his abusive, Christian grandparents.
The Adam Sandler movie The Wedding Singer hit a note with audiences outside of the traditional Sandler base and probably led directly to his roles in more recent non-funny non-comedy movies. Seattlest thinks he's going to eventually be very good in those roles and we wish him the best with that.

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