You want some candy little boy?
"I cried when I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. Then I laughed... really hard." — Jerri Blank
Having been a fan of the short-lived cable show Strangers With Candy I was very excited to hear that it had been made into a full length movie. The off-the-wall Comedy Central series was created by in part by Amy Sedaris, younger sister of writer David Sedaris. When I stumbled upon David's writing a few years back, I was immediately attracted to his style of humor and extremely off-centered family. It hit too close to home not to like it! And when I the made the connection of Amy to David (I had seen her on SWC as well as Sex and the City), it all made sense. They are both hysterically funny.
In Strangers With Candy (the movie) Amy reprises her role as 40-something high school dropout whore Jerri Blank. She continues her crazy antics in the halls of Flatpoint High School after her return from a stint in prison. I will just leave it at that for now and let the movie speak the rest of the story.
Ms. Sedaris is joined by a wonderfully talented supporting cast. Stephen Colbert returns as Flatpoint's science teacher Chuck Noblet. Any of you that know Stephen from the The Daily Show are familiar with his perfect comedic timing and style. Other cameo appearances are made by the likes of Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Ian Holm, Allison Janney and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
My mind is all over the blackboard trying to imagine that trouble Jerri stirs up this time around. I guess I'll have to wait till SWC opens October 21st to find out.
Having been a fan of the short-lived cable show Strangers With Candy I was very excited to hear that it had been made into a full length movie. The off-the-wall Comedy Central series was created by in part by Amy Sedaris, younger sister of writer David Sedaris. When I stumbled upon David's writing a few years back, I was immediately attracted to his style of humor and extremely off-centered family. It hit too close to home not to like it! And when I the made the connection of Amy to David (I had seen her on SWC as well as Sex and the City), it all made sense. They are both hysterically funny.
In Strangers With Candy (the movie) Amy reprises her role as 40-something high school dropout whore Jerri Blank. She continues her crazy antics in the halls of Flatpoint High School after her return from a stint in prison. I will just leave it at that for now and let the movie speak the rest of the story.
Ms. Sedaris is joined by a wonderfully talented supporting cast. Stephen Colbert returns as Flatpoint's science teacher Chuck Noblet. Any of you that know Stephen from the The Daily Show are familiar with his perfect comedic timing and style. Other cameo appearances are made by the likes of Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Ian Holm, Allison Janney and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
My mind is all over the blackboard trying to imagine that trouble Jerri stirs up this time around. I guess I'll have to wait till SWC opens October 21st to find out.
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