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37-677: Extreme Movie (formerly Parental Guidance Suggested ; known as Hotdogs & Doughnuts: An Extreme Movie in Australia) is a 2008 American satirical sex comedy film composed of sketches focusing on teen sex . Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson direct, with segments co-written by Saturday Night Live performers Will Forte , Andy Samberg , and writers Akiva Schaffer , Jorma Taccone , Phil Lord and Christopher Miller . The ensemble cast includes Frankie Muniz , Ryan Pinkston , Jamie Kennedy , Danneel Harris , Andy Milonakis , Matthew Lillard , Rob Pinkston and Michael Cera . The film

74-443: A girl and another guy in his bed, and his parents home as well; the whole thing turns out to be a hidden-camera bisexual show. Sex education teacher Mr. Matthews teaches his class with no rules and a lot of embarrassment, usually centering on Mike. Ronny, obsessed with Abraham Lincoln , creates a time machine and travels back in time to have sex with Lincoln. The film was theatrically released internationally by Dimension Films . In

111-548: A happy man, and stayed happy until rehearsals started, when it turned out that 'Always' had not been written for our show at all, but purely for Irving's music-publishing house. In its place in The Cocoanuts was a song called 'A Little Bungalow,' which we never could reprise in Act Two because the actors couldn't remember it that long." Humor derived from political situations was of particular interest to Kaufman. He collaborated on

148-537: A magazine story written by Larry Evans. The play opened on Broadway (running for only 32 performances) during that year's serious flu epidemic , when people were being advised to avoid crowds. With "dour glee", Kaufman suggested that the best way to avoid crowds in New York City was to attend his play. Every Broadway season from 1921 through 1958 had a play written or directed by Kaufman. Since Kaufman's death in 1961, revivals of his work on Broadway were produced in

185-462: A musical starring George M. Cohan as Franklin Delano Roosevelt (the U.S. president at the time), with songs by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart . He also co-wrote the 1935 comedy-drama First Lady . In 1945, Kaufman adapted H.M.S. Pinafore into Hollywood Pinafore . Kaufman also contributed to major New York revues, including The Band Wagon (which shared songs, but not plot with

222-449: A number of plays before their divorce in August 1957. Kaufman died in New York City on June 2, 1961, at the age of 71. His granddaughter, Beatrice Colen , was an actress who had recurring appearances on both Happy Days and Wonder Woman . In 1979, Donald Oliver compiled and edited a collection of Kaufman's humorous pieces, with a foreword by Dick Cavett . Kaufman was portrayed by

259-460: A presumed negative perception of satire in the [American] industry: George S. Kaufman , the great Broadway playwright and director, and screenwriter, once said: 'Satire is what closes on Saturday night.' An excellent wisecrack, but it led the way to a general belief in America that satire is not commercial. When you pitch a satirical film idea, don't refer to it as satire. I used to, and I was met with

296-460: A process that was collaborative, given Groucho's skills at expanding upon the scripted material. Though the Marx Brothers were notoriously critical of their writers, Groucho and Harpo Marx expressed admiration and gratitude towards Kaufman. Dick Cavett , introducing Groucho onstage at Carnegie Hall in 1972, told the audience that Groucho considered Kaufman to be "his god". While The Cocoanuts

333-560: A series of odd jobs, selling silk and working in wholesale ribbon sales. Kaufman began contributing humorous material to the column that Franklin P. Adams wrote for the New York Mail . He became close friends with Adams, who helped him get his first newspaper job—humor columnist for The Washington Times —in 1912. By 1915 he was a drama reporter on The New York Tribune , working under Heywood Broun . In 1917 Kaufman joined The New York Times , becoming drama editor and staying with

370-455: A short time, from circa 1940 to 1946, Kaufman, with Moss Hart and Max Gordon, owned and operated the Lyceum Theatre . Many of Kaufman's plays were adapted into Hollywood and British films. Among the more well-received were Dinner At Eight , Stage Door (almost completely rewritten by others for the film version) and You Can't Take It with You (changed significantly by others for

407-481: A stage adaptation of Marquand's novel The Late George Apley ; and with Howard Teichmann , he wrote The Solid Gold Cadillac . According to his biography on PBS, "he wrote some of the American theater's most enduring comedies" with Moss Hart . Their work includes Once in a Lifetime (in which he also performed), Merrily We Roll Along , The Man Who Came to Dinner , and You Can't Take It with You , which won

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444-486: A year before Kaufman appeared on TV again. Kaufman was a prominent player of bridge, probably both auction bridge and contract bridge . The New Yorker published many of his humorous items about the card game; at least some have been reprinted more than once, including: His first wife Beatrice Bakrow Kaufman was also an avid bridge player, and an occasional poker player with Algonquin men, who wrote at least one New Yorker article on bridge herself, in 1928. In

481-439: Is a series of vignettes with Matthew Lillard 's sex advice intercut within every couple segments. Mike tries to impress his crush, Stacy. Fred meets a girl online and they arrange for "menacing action", only for Fred to break into the wrong apartment. The promiscuous Betty going to the "next level" (kinkier and more outrageous sexual adventures) with Chuck, and later Fred. Justin buys a vibrating vagina and falls in love with it, all

518-596: The CBS television series This Is Show Business . Kaufman made a remark about the excessive airing of " Silent Night " during the Christmas season, "Let's make this one program", he said, "on which no one sings 'Silent Night'." The resulting public outcry prompted his dismissal by CBS. In response, Fred Allen said, "There were only two wits on television: Groucho Marx and George S. Kaufman. Without Kaufman, television has reverted to being half-witted." It would be more than

555-585: The Pulitzer Prize in 1937. For a period, Kaufman lived at 158 West 58th Street in New York City. The building later was the setting for Stage Door . It is now the Park Savoy Hotel, and for many years was considered a single room occupancy hotel. Despite his claim that he knew nothing about music and hated it in the theater, Kaufman collaborated on many musical theater projects. His most successful of such efforts include two Broadway shows crafted for

592-521: The Tony Award for Best Director in 1951 for the musical Guys and Dolls . George S. Kaufman was born to Joseph S. Kaufman, a hatband manufacturer, and Nettie Meyers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . He had a younger sister, Ruth. His other sister was Helen, nicknamed "Helse". Kaufman's family was Jewish. He graduated from high school in 1907 and studied law for three months. He grew disenchanted and took on

629-851: The political , religious , or social variety. Works using satire are often seen as controversial or taboo in nature, with topics such as race, class, system, violence, sex, war, and politics, criticizing or commenting on them, typically under the disguise of other genres including, but not limited to, comedies , dramas, parodies , fantasies and/or science fiction . Satire may or may not use humor or other, non-humorous forms as an artistic vehicle to illuminate, explore, and critique social conditions, systems of power ("social, political, military, medical or academic institutions" ), hypocrisy , and other instances of human behavior . Film director Jonathan Lynn generally advises against marketing one's work as "satire" because according to Lynn it "can substantially reduce viewing figures and box office" due to

666-520: The 1920s, Kaufman was a member of the Algonquin Round Table , a circle of writers and show business people. From the 1920s through the 1950s, Kaufman was as well known for his personality as he was for his writing. In the Moss Hart autobiography Act One , Hart portrayed Kaufman as a morose and intimidating figure, uncomfortable with any expressions of affection between human beings—in life or on

703-453: The 1953 film version) with Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz . His often-anthologized sketch "The Still Alarm" from the revue The Little Show lasted long after the show closed. Another well-known sketch of his is "If Men Played Cards as Women Do". Also, musicals have been based on Kaufman properties, such as the 1981 musical version of Merrily We Roll Along , adapted by George Furth and Stephen Sondheim . The musical Sherry! (1967)

740-448: The 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s, the 2000s, and the 2010s. Kaufman wrote only one play alone, The Butter and Egg Man in 1925. With Marc Connelly , he wrote Merton of the Movies , Dulcy , and Beggar on Horseback ; with Ring Lardner , he wrote June Moon ; with Edna Ferber , he wrote The Royal Family , Dinner at Eight , and Stage Door ; with John P. Marquand , he wrote

777-441: The Marx Brothers, The Cocoanuts , written with Irving Berlin , and Animal Crackers , written with Morrie Ryskind , Bert Kalmar , and Harry Ruby . According to Charlotte Chandler, "By the time Animal Crackers opened ... the Marx Brothers were becoming famous enough to interest Hollywood. Paramount signed them to a contract". Kaufman was one of the writers who excelled in writing intelligent nonsense for Groucho Marx ,

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814-590: The United States, it received a straight-to-DVD release by Dimension Extreme on December 5, 2008, and filming in New York City , New York , Boston , Massachusetts and Los Angeles , California . Common Sense Media rated the film 1 out of 5 and called it "an extreme waste of time" and compares it unfavorably to Woody Allen's 1972 film Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex . Satire (film and television) Film or television satire may be of

851-460: The actor David Thornton in the 1994 film Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle and by Jason Robards in the 1963 film Act One . In the 2014 Broadway adaptation of the latter by James Lapine , he was played by Tony Shalhoub . The title character of the 1991 Coen brothers film Barton Fink , who is a playwright, bears a strong physical resemblance to Kaufman. Kaufman is portrayed in

888-588: The book), Town House (1948), Bravo! (1948, also co-wrote the script), Metropole (1949), the Frank Loesser musical Guys and Dolls , for which he won the 1951 Best Director Tony Award , The Enchanted (1950), The Small Hours (1951, also co-wrote the script), Fancy Meeting You Again (1952, also co-wrote the script), The Solid Gold Cadillac (1953, also co-wrote the script), and Romanoff and Juliet by Peter Ustinov (1957). Kaufman produced many of his own plays, as well as those of other writers. For

925-614: The center of a scandal in 1936 when, in the midst of a child custody suit, the former husband of actress Mary Astor threatened to publish one of Astor's diaries purportedly containing extremely explicit details of an affair between Kaufman and the actress. The diary was eventually destroyed by the court, unread, in 1952, but details of the supposed contents were published in Confidential magazine, Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth Anger (both always have been considered unreliable sources) and in various other questionable publications. Some of

962-521: The film version), which won the Best Picture Oscar in 1938, and The Dark Tower . He also occasionally wrote directly for the movies, most significantly the screenplay for A Night at the Opera for the Marx Brothers. His only credit as a film director was The Senator Was Indiscreet (1947) starring William Powell. From 1949 until midway through the 1952–1953 season, he appeared as a panelist on

999-465: The hit musical Of Thee I Sing , which won the 1932 Pulitzer Prize, the first musical so honored, and its sequel Let 'Em Eat Cake , as well as one troubled, but eventually successful, satire that had several incarnations, Strike Up the Band . Working with Kaufman on these ventures were Ryskind, George Gershwin , and Ira Gershwin . Also, Kaufman, with Moss Hart, wrote the book to I'd Rather Be Right ,

1036-634: The inevitable response that satirical films don't make money. This view is factually incorrect. Plenty have done so, if budgeted right. Film, more than television, offers advantages for satire, such as the "possibility of achieving the proper balance" between realism and non-realism , using the latter to communicate about the former. The ideal climate for a satirical film involves "fairly free" political conditions and/or independent producers with "modest" financial backing. UK USA Japan George S. Kaufman George Simon Kaufman (November 16, 1889 – June 2, 1961)

1073-567: The matter differently. In an article in Stage magazine, he recalled that Berlin woke him up at 5 am one morning to play a new song he had just written. "Even my deficient musical sense recognized that here was a song that was going to be popular. I listened to it two or three times, then took a stab at it myself, and as dawn came up over the Atlantic, Irving and I were happily singing 'Always' together—its first performance on any stage. I went back to bed

1110-580: The newspaper until 1930. Kaufman took his editorial responsibilities seriously. According to legend, on one occasion a press agent asked: "How do I get our leading lady's name in the Times ?" Kaufman: "Shoot her." Kaufman's Broadway debut was September 4, 1918, at the Knickerbocker Theatre , with the premiere of the melodrama Someone in the House . He coauthored the play with Walter C. Percival, based on

1147-640: The page. Hart writes that Max Siegel said: "Maybe I should have warned you. Mr Kaufman hates any kind of sentimentality—can't stand it!" This perspective, along with a number of taciturn observations made by Kaufman himself, led to a simplistic but commonly held belief that Hart was the emotional soul of the creative team while Kaufman was a misanthropic writer of punchlines. Kaufman preferred never to leave Manhattan. He once said: "I never want to go any place where I can't get back to Broadway and 44th by midnight." Called "Public Lover Number One", he dated several prominent actresses on Broadway. Kaufman found himself in

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1184-567: The sexually explicit portions of Mary Astor's writing about Kaufman were reprinted in New York magazine in 2012 and Vanity Fair magazine in 2016. Kaufman had an affair with actress Natalie Schafer during the 1940s. Kaufman joined the theater club, The Lambs, in 1944. Kaufman was married to his first wife Beatrice from 1917 until her death in 1945. They had one daughter, Anne Kaufman (Booth). Four years later, he married actress Leueen MacGrath on May 26, 1949, with whom he collaborated on

1221-524: The song, and 'Always' was deleted from the score of The Cocoanuts – though not from its creator's memory. ... Kaufman, a confirmed misogynist, had had no use for the song in The Cocoanuts , but his disapproval did not deter Berlin from saving it for a more important occasion." The Cocoanuts would remain Irving Berlin's only Broadway musical – until his last one, Mr. President – that did not include at least one eventual hit song. Kaufman recalled

1258-446: The time while crushing on another girl; the vibrating vagina has a personality of its own and commits "suicide" when Justin rejects it. A Real Sex -esque skit where a girl admits to having sex with two black men on camera. Two guys, Barry and Leon, create a woman on their computer, only for her to run wild. Jessica, in an attempt to become horny, puts her vibrating cell phone in her vagina, only for it to fall in. Len wakes up to find

1295-482: Was an American playwright , theater director and producer , humorist , and drama critic . In addition to comedies and political satire, he wrote several musicals for the Marx Brothers and others. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the musical Of Thee I Sing (with Morrie Ryskind and Ira Gershwin ) in 1932, and won again in 1937 for the play You Can't Take It with You (with Moss Hart ). He also won

1332-466: Was based on his play The Man Who Came to Dinner . Kaufman directed the original or revival stage productions of many plays and musicals, including The Front Page by Charles MacArthur and Ben Hecht (1928), Of Thee I Sing (1931 and 1952), Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (1937), My Sister Eileen by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov (1940), Hollywood Pinafore (1945), The Next Half Hour (1945), Park Avenue (1946, also co-wrote

1369-501: Was being developed in Atlantic City, Irving Berlin was hugely enthusiastic about including the song " Always ", which he had written as a wedding present for his bride. Kaufman was less enthusiastic, and refused to rework the libretto to include this number. The song ultimately became a huge hit for Berlin, recorded by many popular performers. According to Laurence Bergreen, "Kaufman's lack of enthusiasm caused Irving to lose confidence in

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