I happen to be a big fan of Douglas Carter Beane, and Xanadu is on my top 20 lists of favorite campy movie musicals into Broadway musicals. Beane is a very talented writer. I also loved his play The Little Dog Laughed, which ran on Broadway. I loved it so much I went several times.
Beane grew up in Reading, PA and at a young age...
Amy Schumer wrote the film and stars in the film. She plays a selfish woman who does not believe in marriage or a serious relationship. The movie opens with her drug and alcoholic dad telling his daughters that he is leaving them because he does not believe in marriage. The Father, played by Colin Quinn, who I remember as one of the...