Nobody plays a kindhearted but simpleminded character like Sandler, which this movie proves once again. Though, really, it's more than time for the abled Sandler to quit playing characters who have implied mental disabilities. Squarely targeting the teen (or tween) male audience, Hubie Halloween offers a mishmash of Halloween hijinks, potty talk, anatomical humor, and celebrity cameos. Viewers are expected to laugh as Hubie is bullied and insulted for an hour and a half. The onslaught of meanness is intended to make his largesse at the end of the movie that much more heroic, and the near absence of redeeming qualities in other characters is meant to make their ultimate confessions of insecurities more satisfying. But none of it is particularly funny or satisfying. It's mostly tiring, sometimes disturbing, and, at moments, very insensitive.
I love the mishmash of holidays in the film Nightmare Before Christmas. What an interesting study in how perspectives can influence understanding. I bet your students could create some equally interesting holiday collisions (Leprechauns delivering Easter Eggs?).
Pre-Halloween Mishmash
With a generous mishmash of genres represented in the span of two days, aesthetic differences can be set aside for the sake of good music and a good time. This is the chance for rockers, goths, hipsters, and hippies to come together for an all-out rage session. Check out the entire lineup below.
A Little Pinch of Perfect (alittlepinchofperfect.com): Katie combines creativity, play, and learning for the perfect mishmash of fun activities that keep kiddos entertained throughout the day. She wholeheartedly believes in the power of play and feels that all activities naturally provide a fun way to learn.
The story is a convoluted mishmash that blends fiction and history, with a blithe disregard for accuracy that seems more lazy than creative. The story is also unpleasant, which is not ideal in a comedy: It begins with the graphic murder of an old man and involves an attempted political assassination. Along the way, David Dobkin ("Clay Pigeons") directs the picture so sluggishly that its 107 minutes seem like a three-hour swim through sludge.
Jason White's academic lecture class this semester is focusing on the theme of musicals in film. Although "Hairspray" and "Grease" werestandard musical fare with few surprises, "The Rocky Horror PictureShow" really opened the students' eyes to just how far one can takesex, drugs, and rock n roll. (Hint: sometimes too far, as Dr.Frank-n-Furter found out.) Throw in various homages to Hollywood'sGolden Age of science fiction, horror, and "scream queen" epics, andyou've got a mishmash recipe for cross-dressing, Fay Wray-imitatingaliens who really have no other agenda than doing the "Time Warp"again and again. The class is watching the musical in three parts,because Mr. White fears what too much Rocky might do to our preciousSaiDai students! In the second installment, Mr. White acquaintedeveryone with the interaction and audience participation at liveshows by bringing in a few props. Rubber gloves? Check! Torch andplaying cards? Check! Toast, party hats, confetti, rice, newspaper,and toilet paper? Check! It's just a step to the right to Mr. White'sacademic lecture class. Come prepared!
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