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Laugh your way through Blue Monday with our cultural survival guide
Soul-stirring musicals, bawdy books, comedy old and new… Our writers pick the culture guaranteed to cheer you up - even on Blue Monday
18 January 2021 • 8:02am
Enough to make the heart sing: Marc Platt and Katherine Sergava in a 1943 Broadway production of Oklahoma!
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Discover how funny the French are - seriously
Call My Agent (on Netflix now)
The French have not been revered for their comedy on this side of the Channel since the days of Georges Feydeau, but Fanny Herrero s sublime hit series, set in a chic but hyper-stressed Parisian talent agency, is a fleet-footed delight. The fourth and final instalment lands on Netflix this Thursday, so now is the perfect time to indulge in the perfectly tousled lives of Andrea, Mathias, Gabriel and Arlette, as they lurch from one A-list disaster to the next. There s a good reason that the stars - Juliette Binoche, Monica Bellucci, Jean Reno and Jean Duj
A news story, if delivered with a joke or a punchline, is remembered more clearly and shared more often that's the indication of a new US study. But does that mean that the news should be funny? And how does that work when the topic is tragic?
Ben Kepes: The smart innovation happening in NZ s film sector
18 Jan, 2021 04:43 AM
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Wellington-based startup The Granary is looking to democratise filmmaking. Still / Youtube
NZ Herald
I m the standing joke in my family in that movies are, for me, a great opportunity to catch up on sleep. In my global travels, I m often asked about New Zealand s Hobbit and Lord of The Rings film franchises. I tend to deflect the conversation by yarning about my mate Kev who, being somewhat on the short end of the height spectrum, and sporting a fair amount of both facial and foot hair himself, is our very own hobbit. Indeed, my running mates and I have taken to calling him Krodo to celebrate his hobbit-ness.