Shit Written Down From My Head

How to classify a bad comedy?

There are many things that could lead to someone dubbing a comedy bad. The writing, the acting, the plot - anything.

Tropic Thunder, a cast of Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr, Ben Stiller and even Tom Cruise. Out of those four, who are more-often-than-not dubbed funnymen? Jack Black and Ben Stiller. If you were an alien, or had lived under a bridge with no electricity for fifty years and the first comedy you see is Tropic Thunder you’d come out thinking that Robert Downey Jr and Tom Cruise are kinda funny, Jack Black is just fat and likes to wear as little clothing as possible and talk about his ass and Ben Stiller relies on his stupid face and stupid voice to eek out giggles out of drunk women.

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The Last Theorem
by Arthur C. Clarke & Frederik Pohl

Arthur C. Clarke sadly passed away earlier this year, but merely days before his sad passing, he finished work on what would be his last novel, The Last Theorem. Co-written with the equally matured brilliant mind of Frederik Pohl, The Last Theorem is about the simple truth of maths and the power of science.

Ranjit Subramanian, the main character of the novel, is a young,bright amatuer mathematician whose fascinated with Fermat’s Last Theorem. Not being mathematically savvy, this book gave me a lot to think about and taught me a lot about, at the very least, the few mathematicvians, theories and math games that are among the many out there. The story follows Ranjit’s life as he goes from a little nobody student on Sri Lanka to a worldwide celebrity and loving Husband and Father.

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