Stupidity

Could it be?: a study of human stupidity that's not, um …, stupid?

"...there are few treatises on the subject of human stupidity. Nerenberg and the various talking heads he’s assembled credit..."

May 21, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

May Not Be a Genius But Sheer Stupidity?

"...Dear Editor, When you think about it, sheer stupidity goes a long way toward explaining the Barack Obama..."

June 21, 2008 Postmarks

Luv Doc: Embarrassing Stupidity

Yes, there have been some mulligans

"...with gratuitous profanity and, more often than not, embarrassing stupidity. Do you ever wake up in the morning and..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

The Luv Doc: The Hot, Fiery Furnace of American Stupidity

You should never trust the kind of woman who would go on a date with you

"...her offspring from the hot, fiery furnace of American stupidity. As the old Russian proverb says, "The tallest blade..."

May 12, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

McDonald Is Back: Intellectual Dishonesty, Shame, and Stupidity

"...Black in a league of pure shame and outright stupidity. One might as well have said in 1942 that..."

Jan. 28, 2007 Postmarks

Humans Never Demonstrate Their Stupidity More Than at Christmas

"...no time of the year do humans show their stupidity more than at Christmas. We all climb further into..."

Dec. 26, 2006 Postmarks

Review 10 Parts Stupidity, 20 Parts Cruelty

"...no excuse for the potent cocktail of 10 parts stupidity and 20 parts cruelty you served up in your..."

Oct. 2, 2006 Postmarks

'Adventure in Stupidity'

A threatening phone call to the Chronicle

"...Says Sifuentes: "Whoever has taken this adventure in stupidity must have very thin skin and must be misinformed...."

March 8, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Lights, Camera, Stupidity in Austin-Made Satire

Bryan Connolly's Make Popular Movies spoofs how films are (and aren't) made

March 31, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin at Large: Stupidity – It’s Not Essential

It’s absurd out there, but you can still make good decisions, now and in November

May 15, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

A Commonsense Solution to Stupidity

Lawmakers craft a scheme to force Perry to accept federal unemployment-insurance dollars

April 24, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Idiocracy

Mike Judge's underrated comedy Idiocracy is the story of a man who awakes 500 years in the future to find a society so dumbed-down that he instantly becomes the smartest person alive.

"...and postulates a dumbed-down world of mediocrity in which stupidity and sloth are the dominant human traits and anyone..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Zoolander

"...digs deep inside and uncovers a vein of gleeful stupidity last mined to such extravagant extent during the brief..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Luv Doc: Tinder Mercy

Stupidity makes its way to the surface eventually

"...on Tinder, rest assured that someone else would have. Stupidity makes its way to the surface eventually...."

Oct. 4, 2019 Column by Luv Doc

Luv Doc: She Talks Too Much

Conversation is how we flush stupidity into the open so we can kill it

"...that. It's much better to speak and communicate your stupidity so someone can check your shit and you can..."

April 26, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Being Evel

Evel Knievel rides again in this retrospective doc

"...original, iconic template for every lunatic act of gravity-defying bravado-cum-stupidity – had an outsized influence on America’s action-oriented cultural..."

Aug. 21, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Extract

Mike Judge, the writer/director of Office Space, mines the workplace for more satiric comedy.

"...to appear so underdeveloped. As with Judge's other movies, stupidity reigns in Extract. It’s a vivid indictment of the..."

Sept. 4, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Babylon A.D.

Vin Diesel stars as a mercenary hired to escort a woman with a dangerous virus out of Russia.

"...referred to the release cut as "pure violence and stupidity … like a bad episode of 24," which sounds..."

Sept. 5, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

Veering from moments of breathtakingly visualized valor to outright stupidity, Sith is a vast improvement over the previous two outings, but still and all, it’s no Star Wars.

"...Veering from moments of breathtakingly visualized valor to outright stupidity, Sith is a vast improvement over the previous two..."

May 20, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Herod's Law

Unflinching satire is diminished by overwritten messages.

"...pace. Hand-picked by the despicable governor (Armendariz) for his stupidity, the bow-tied and obsequious Vargas transforms from ineffectual stooge..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Saint of Gamblers

"...manages to be a perversely fascinating exercise in unparalleled stupidity. Although this purports to be a spin-off of the..."

March 13, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Holy Weapon

"...star Melvin Wong giving a performance of such jaw-dropping stupidity that it equals his similarly crazed work in the..."

Sept. 1, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

The Jerky Boys

"...complicity in the call as a sign of gross stupidity which makes the abuse being heaped upon them justifiable...."

Feb. 10, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Terminal Velocity

"...this film would have been more aptly titled Terminal Stupidity...."

Sept. 23, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Just Another Girl On the I.R.T.

"...with that unique blend of quick intelligence and teenaged stupidity. And when it comes to sex, Chantel and her..."

April 16, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Opposite Sex (And How to Live With Them)

"...in is her body (perhaps a perplexing case of stupidity known as “no really means yes?”), So, their paths..."

March 26, 1993 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

Shakes the Clown

"...and his girlfriend (Julie Brown), a woman of epic stupidity. Like Tim Burton's surreal Batman, Beetlejuice, and Edward Scissorhands,..."

April 24, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll

"...the world today. Recurring undercurrents of homelessness, drug abuse, stupidity, and just a general feeling of spiritual malaise reverberate..."

Oct. 4, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Double Impact

"...my usual rants about homophobia, racism, and generally insensitive stupidity for a movie that attracts an audience that reads..."

Aug. 16, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

"...Bogus Journey, it defies explanation. Of course, its sheer stupidity is its supposed charm, but this movie is so..."

July 26, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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