So, I finally saw Knocked Up. I was originally under the impression that the film was about this slacker who scored with a beautiful intoxicated girl, and the journey they go on as they prepare for parenthood. It was. But I had no idea that there would be so much pot.
Is it just me or is marijuana becoming much more mainstream like it did when Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) and Dazed and Confused (1993) were released? I mean Snoop Dogg has been openly puffing away since he was a pup. Late night talk show hosts like Conan always make underhanded comments about the smog around Snoop's dressing room. And he himself boasts daily consumption in his songs. Then paparazzi caught Mischa Barton playing with Mary Jane while driving down the road. Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz took in some sun with a side of spliff after their beaus dumped them. Speaking of which, Justin Timberlake added to Vanity Fair's new rep of getting celebrities to admit to drug use when he fessed up to getting messed up on the regular. Nicole Richie is facing charges on a DUI that involves puffing the magic dragon. Hell, even NYU is known for not only having one of the highest population of gay students, but being reefer heaven for hippies, rastafarians, beatniks, and lazy ass students.
With the popularity of Harold and Kumar's adventures--that'll continue in the Mecca, Amsterdam, in 2008--there have been much more mainstream acceptance of the ganja. This year at Sundance, Anna Faris made quite the splash with Smiley Face, about an actress who has the trippiest day after accidentally eating her roommate's pot brownies. And now Judd Apatow, known for glorifying "the geek" in 40 year old Virgin and "Freaks and Geeks," has mixed pot and babies. How...innovative...???
I guess you could say you got a contact high off the hilarity that was Seth Rogen's inepitude and earnest ignorance of how to care for a child, as well as be in a relationship. I must give honorable mentions to:
Jason Segel, who is the sexiest letch of his generation.
Leslie Mann (Big Daddy), who has graduated from the "breasts of the operation" to the pitiful, angry, middle-aged woman that Roseanne Barr wished she looked like.
Iris and Maude Apatow, the adorable daughters of Judd and Leslie, who stole every friggin scene they were in. For example:
Pete (Rudd) to Charlotte: (after Rogen and Heigl do their walk of shame) Don't do what they did.
Charlotte (in the most mischievous voice she could muster): I'm going to do it.
Sadie: Where do babies come from?
Debbie (Mann): Where do you think they come from?
Sadie: Well. I think a stork, he umm, he drops it down and then, and then, a hole goes in your body and there's blood everywhere, coming out of your head and then you push your belly button and then your button falls off and then you hold your butt and you have to dig and you find the little baby.
Debbie: That's exactly right.
Heck if you smoked pot, you'd probably think that's how babies are born too. As for recommending the film, let's just say, you're definitely going to want to see the DVD extras.
Is it just me or is marijuana becoming much more mainstream like it did when Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) and Dazed and Confused (1993) were released? I mean Snoop Dogg has been openly puffing away since he was a pup. Late night talk show hosts like Conan always make underhanded comments about the smog around Snoop's dressing room. And he himself boasts daily consumption in his songs. Then paparazzi caught Mischa Barton playing with Mary Jane while driving down the road. Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz took in some sun with a side of spliff after their beaus dumped them. Speaking of which, Justin Timberlake added to Vanity Fair's new rep of getting celebrities to admit to drug use when he fessed up to getting messed up on the regular. Nicole Richie is facing charges on a DUI that involves puffing the magic dragon. Hell, even NYU is known for not only having one of the highest population of gay students, but being reefer heaven for hippies, rastafarians, beatniks, and lazy ass students.
With the popularity of Harold and Kumar's adventures--that'll continue in the Mecca, Amsterdam, in 2008--there have been much more mainstream acceptance of the ganja. This year at Sundance, Anna Faris made quite the splash with Smiley Face, about an actress who has the trippiest day after accidentally eating her roommate's pot brownies. And now Judd Apatow, known for glorifying "the geek" in 40 year old Virgin and "Freaks and Geeks," has mixed pot and babies. How...innovative...???I guess you could say you got a contact high off the hilarity that was Seth Rogen's inepitude and earnest ignorance of how to care for a child, as well as be in a relationship. I must give honorable mentions to:
Jason Segel, who is the sexiest letch of his generation.
Leslie Mann (Big Daddy), who has graduated from the "breasts of the operation" to the pitiful, angry, middle-aged woman that Roseanne Barr wished she looked like.
Iris and Maude Apatow, the adorable daughters of Judd and Leslie, who stole every friggin scene they were in. For example:
Pete (Rudd) to Charlotte: (after Rogen and Heigl do their walk of shame) Don't do what they did.
Charlotte (in the most mischievous voice she could muster): I'm going to do it.
Sadie: Where do babies come from?
Debbie (Mann): Where do you think they come from?
Sadie: Well. I think a stork, he umm, he drops it down and then, and then, a hole goes in your body and there's blood everywhere, coming out of your head and then you push your belly button and then your button falls off and then you hold your butt and you have to dig and you find the little baby.
Debbie: That's exactly right.
Heck if you smoked pot, you'd probably think that's how babies are born too. As for recommending the film, let's just say, you're definitely going to want to see the DVD extras.
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