That conspicuous disparity – ribald farce on the one hand, old-fashioned moralism on the other – is the defining feature of the Apatow style, and it’s since become the hallmark of the studio comedy in general. It used to be an axiom of Hollywood that a comedy should be no longer than an hour and a half. RelatedThis is one of the more obvious influences Apatow has had on the studio comedy – and one of the more inexcusably negative. More insidiously, Hollywood has adopted the politics that, one presumes, made Knocked Up and its successors so widely palatable. Apatow’s movies look and sound liberal but are at their core conservative: consider the mores they advocate, the principles they favour, the values they embody.

Source: National Post June 05, 2017 18:00 UTC