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On Tuesday evening PBS will air the BBC documentary Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives.  It is an excellent film, about Eels frontman Mark Everett’s search for information about his deceased, math genius father.  I know, it sounds a little odd, and it is.  But I saw it prior to an Eels show in Philadelphia earlier [...]

 It’s not easy doing stupid right. There’s a big difference, for instance, between the near-genius of Beavis & Butthead, and one of those movies where Ice Cube falls off roofs for ninety minutes. And even if they nail it, like the makers of Cabin Boy did, few will feel obligated to congratulate anyone on their accomplishment.
Because comedies, [...]