review

Fat people are funny. Fat people who fall over are funnier. This would seem to be the entire guiding principle behind "Paul Blart: Mall Cop," a tossed- off comedy from Adam Sandler's production company that makes one long for the comparative genius of "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry."

[The Film] is directed by Steve Carr, a man who knows how to put a camera in front of things... and writen, sort of, by Nick Bakay and Mr. James.

-New York Times, Film Review

http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/451372/Paul-Blart-Mall-Cop/overview

progress

...The show included a smattering of her signature spread-legged portraits. The artist was holding court in a wide-leg white trouser suit and black bra. "Feminism happed thirty years ago," she said to a Swiss TV crew.

"Thanks to the Guerrilla Girls, I can stand here in Yves St. Laurent and Alexander McQueen with my tits hanging out."

- Tracey Emin as quoted by Sarah Thornton in Seven Days in the Art World

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/039306722X
http://www.tracey-emin.co.uk/tracey-emin-home.html

subtlety

The American Honda Motor company...[brings] out this week three short films-- a k a long commercial-- to be watched online...The webisodes, directed by Derek Cianfrance, are low key in their promotion of Honda and are polished and absorbing enough to make a viewer (almost) forget they are sponsored shorts, and part of the trend toward branded entertainment...

"Honda and the automotive business are under pressure," Mr. Shapiro (President of the corporation) said. "The question is, how do you prepare for the other side of the recession?"

The answer is a campaign like this, he said, which "isn't some spots disguised as shorts" but rather entertainment that is "content driven."

- New York Times: 12January2009

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/12/business/media/12adcol.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=honda&st=cse