The director of Knocked Up,This Is 40 and now Trainwreck is joining us to reply your questions from 12 midday onwards on Monday 10 August – post them in the comments below 10.01am BST“Like a teddy bear with a penis.” This is how Judd Apatow is memorably described by Amy Schumer, the latest in a long line of comedian talents to work with him. He directs her in Trainwreck, or the fable of a sexually confident,commitment-resistant journalist who falls for a sports doctor she’s writing about – another in his series of films about people searching for meaning in the middle classes.
Take Knocked Up, where Seth Rogen finds direction out of a cloud of weed smoke thanks to an unexpected pregnancy, or This Is 40,where a couple hit a midlife crisis hard. Then theres The 40-Year-stale Virgin, Funny People, or his beloved teen TV drama Freaks and Geeks; as a producer he’s shepherded Girls to pop-cultural dominance,as well as making hits out of Bridesmaids, Pineapple Express and Superbad. Throughout it all he’s been vocal and far from vanilla, and whether it’s defending Lena Dunham or attacking Bill Cosby.
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Source: theguardian.com