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Dicks: The Musical” has an extremely useful title. Your gut reaction to those three short words will help you decide whether you can stomach this loony A24 movie, which had its world premiere Thursday at the Toronto International Film Festival — or if it’ll make you retch. Trust your instincts, because the film itself, directed by Larry Charles (“Borat”), won’t change your mind. You go in either loving this sort of thing — or loathing it. This creature from the wacko lagoon has ample obscenities, constant profanity, razzmatazz songs and dances. And, in my case, a lot of belly laughs. That’s partly because I’ve followed and enjoyed the careers of its talented writers and stars, Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson, two hilarious and high-energy New York actor-comedians who based the film on their Upright Citizens Brigade show “F–king Identical Twins.” There’s nobody else out there like them. Also it didn’t hurt that it premiered in the zany, irrepressible Midnight Madness section of TIFF, where the audiences are booze-soaked, delirious or a dangerous mixture of the two. That’s the best way to experience “Dicks” — oy vey — with a rowdy group of people in a theater. Watching this film at home alone has a whiff of illegality to it, like the cops could come and cart you off at any moment. While there are more anatomical references (and visual depictions) here than you can count, there is an actual story, about two identical twins — Craig (Sharp) and Trevor (Jackson) — who were separated at birth. Both live in New York and unknowingly work at the same company selling small parts for Vroomba vacuums. The chief gag is that Sharp and Jackson, while both tall and white, are far from identical. The actors could be fraternal, at best.*** They also proudly assert that they’re stereotypically macho when they, er, are not. All the comedy is similarly arch and never takes itself seriously for a second. When the guys discover, in song, that they are actually brothers with two halves of the same heart locket, they plot to get their parents back together by switching identities. It’s “The Parent Trap,” except Craig and Trevor are in their mid-30s and completely out of their minds. The songs, catchy while not trying to break ground, are send-ups of traditional Broadway show tunes. As the brothers musically profess the void that’s inside them, Sharp sings “This feeling that I’m feeling, it feels so very bad!” But the best is Megan Thee Stallion as their demanding boss, Gloria, who performs a very entertaining rap about ridding the world of men. As if the movie isn’t ridiculous enough already, Nathan Lane and Megan Mullally enter as the boys’ dad and mom, Harris and Evelyn. Both are eccentric shut-ins who probably should remain at home indefinitely. the actors, not the characters, right? Evelyn keeps wrongly insisting she’s 93 or 94 and is in a relationship with a small ceramic boot, while Harris comes out of the closet and then reveals he owns two humanoid lizards he found underground that he calls his “sewer boys.” Suffice it to say, “Dicks” is a challenging film to summarize. In fact, the movie works best when you think of it, not as a movie, but as a series of connected bits. Charles’ filmmaking is just OK, and he doesn’t quite settle on whether he wants “Dicks” to look mockably cheap (in a funny way) or legit. And the story’s wrap-up is a doozy. But anytime a moment doesn’t quite work narratively, a joke picks things right up. When Harris asks Evelyn, a cat lady without any cats, “How long has it been?,” she replies with a lisp, “Two hundred sixty years.” “Two hundred sixty years since we last saw each other?,” asks a confused Harris. “Oh, no. I thought you meant since the French and Indian War.” Bowen Yang of “Saturday Night Live” narrates the whole shebang as God dressed in an outfit that could best be described as train-conductor-disco-ball chic. And Lane chewing up ham and spitting it in the faces of reptilian puppets is an oddity that cannot be unseen. so I'll make sure I don't see it Having written this script for themselves, Sharp and Jackson are a scream. Imagine if a vodka Redbull transformed into two human beings — that’s who they are. After “Dicks,” I suspect there will be bigger and better projects to come from this distinctive duo. I think not. This seems like another annoying Nathan Lane character I can live without. *** Where COULD they have gotten the idea? The panel of three men visiting the girls for the purpose of verifying Rose's accomplishments for the St. Olaf's "Woman of the Year" award call themselves "the Topplecopper triplets" despite not looking identical to one another. Then again, they ARE from St. Olaf... Dorothy: How odd. You don't look anything alike. One of the "triplets": Oh, really? Well, back in St. Olaf, nobody could tell us apart. Another one of the "triplets": You can imagine all the fun we had playing tricks on our teachers in school.

I just read that Roger Federer was out with friends, pulled out his phone, asked Siri how old @Unicorn is, and nobody laughed at him. I guess Europeans are just more tolerant and sensitive to their friends' quirks.

Why no DAVE THOMAS ST. outside a Wendy's or RAY KROC BLVD outside a McDonalds? The crowd that gathered at the White Castle on Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside on Sept. 7 weren’t there for the “cheesy sliders” deal, but rather to honor the memory of longtime neighborhood business leader John Vogt. The corner where the White Castle sits was co-named for Vogt, who is remembered as a stalwart in the Sunnyside community, having been one of the founding members of the Sunnyside Shine BID and a leader of the Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce before he died last February at the age of 66 following a two-year battle with cancer. Raised in Jackson Heights, Vogt got his first job at age 14 as a janitor at the now-shuttered White Castle location at 88-08 Northern Blvd. location in 1970. He spent his career at the company and eventually oversaw the locations throughout Queens as regional director of the New York region based in Woodside before he retired in 2014. According to his wife Candida Vogt, the White Castle on 43rd Street and Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside was his “place.” Now, the corner outside the fast food joint bears his name.

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Danny Masterson sentenced to 30 years in prison for 2003 rapes Not to make light of this, but don't you think a sentence of 30 years for over 2000 rapes is a wee bit light? That's less than a week for each.

HEY! There's an expression your parent used! Now post it in THAT thread. I wonder what he would've thought about people paying oodles of money to try to visit the Titanic site in an oversized soda can.

My hands don't work too well, and my fingers are chubby, so I can't text. I have to dictate. I can tell you Siri is not a baseball fan, because she always screws up names and game situations when I'm texting with my sister and brother in law. So Siri knows I like to listen to ELO or ABBA or Rick Springfield on youtube on my phone when I do dishes. Let her try to blackmail me. I'm not ashamed!

Max Scherzer to the rescue! OOPS! Never trust a man with 2 different color eyes!

They've gotten hitched.

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Altuve hit back to back homers with Mauricio Dubon twice last night. The second time was in his final at bat of the game. Then tonight he homered in the first, second, and third innings in Houston's second straight annihilation of Texas. So that was four consecutive homers for him and five in six at bats. He was 0-2 after that tonight and then they took him out to rest, so he did not get a chance for a fourth one tonight, but he's had a decent couple of days.

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Chinese authorities released this image of damage done to the Great Wall in Shanxi province. The aging structure that stretches for about 12,000 miles across China has deteriorated over the centuries — with Chinese officials estimating that nearly a third of the Great Wall has crumbled — and has been the target of thieves. Tourists have also defaced the popular attraction, prompting Chinese officials to crack down on vandalism at the site in recent years.

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Delta flight diverted after passenger reportedly has 'diarrhea all the way through the airplane' Flight DL194 had already departed Georgia and was over Virginia when the pilots decided to abandon the journey. In a text message sent to Air Traffic Control, the captain was succinct in explaining the problem: 'Divert to ATL — passenger diarrhea all over aircraft — biohazard.'

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BIG DEAL! Who do they think they are? ABBA? They'd have to wait until 2045 for it to be their first in 40.

EVERYBODY'S AFFECTED BY HIGH PRICES... Large alligator found 'patiently waiting' for Louisiana dollar store to open https://www.aol.com/news/large-alligator-found-patiently-waiting-130016561.html

Car crashes into Denny's: Man drives Jeep into restaurant Well, they really should have a drive-thru! Maybe he just misunderstood the concept of fast food.

click your heels together 3 times... He’s back to being the mane attraction. Fifteen-year-old lion Ruben has finally returned to his natural habitat after five years trapped in a concrete cell — growing so lonely in the process that he lost his roar, per SWNS. The lion was left behind at an abandoned zoo in Armenia after its owner passed away, and the other animals were relocated — except for him, according to Animal Defenders International. Now, Ruben has been offered a second chance at life after making the 5,200-mile journey from Armenia to the ADI Wildlife Sanctuary in Free State, South Africa. ADI President Jan Creamer said seeing Ruben take his first steps brought them all “to tears.” “Lions are the most sociable of the big cats, living in family prides in the wild,” Creamer explained. “So it must have been devastating for Ruben to have no contact or communication with other lions.” “Seeing him walk on grass for the first time, hearing the voices of his own kind, with the African sun on his back, brought us all to tears,” Creamer continued. The amazing journey was aided by Qatar Airways Cargo, which stepped in with its “WeQare” charity initiative. Qatar provided an aircraft with hold doors big enough for Ruben’s crate. When Ruben arrived, his legs wobbled as he suffered from malnutrition and lack of exercise — but just being at the sanctuary for a short time has already had an impact on his behavior. “His whole demeanor has transformed, his face is relaxed and no longer fearful,” Creamer said. “His determination to walk is inspiring.” “If he stumbles or falls, he just picks himself up and keeps going,” she added. “He is nothing short of heroic.” Ruben exhibited this amazing resilience as soon as he stepped out of his travel crate. Immediately, he started playing with what’s being called his first toy — a giant catnip punching bag. And, he has even started to get his roar back, as he is now surrounded by other lions.

Cher says she won't cut hair, stop wearing jeans as she ages: 'I keep up with the trends' you go girl! The “If I Could Turn Back Time” singer admitted on Good Morning Britain, “I just can’t believe I will be 80 at some point, sooner than I wish.”