“Gleefully wacky and irreverent.”

–The New York Times

“Line by line, Mr. Rudnick may be the funniest writer for the stage in the United States today.”

–The New York Times

“Deeply funny musings and adventures elevate Paul Rudnick to the highest level of American comedy writing.”

–Steve Martin

“One of the funniest quip-meisters on the planet.”

–The New York Times

“Paul Rudnick is a champion of truth (and love and great wicked humor) whom we ignore at our peril.”

–David Sedaris

“Quips fall with the regularity of the autumn leaves.”

–Associated Press

January 4, 2014

Neverland

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Yesterday the New York Times reported on a lengthy legal battle over the many strip clubs in Houston. A stripper named Jolie “said that lap-dancing was sensual but never crossed a legal line. Even the time she re-enacted one man’s favorite scene from a Peter Pan movie, she said it was purely theatrical. ‘I guess that would be considered bizarre,’ she said, ‘But there’s no harm in that.'”

I need to know: which scene from Peter Pan did that guy have in mind? “I’m Flying”? The part where Peter dresses up as a lady to fool Captain Hook? Something with Smee?

It’s a great tribute to a star when strippers use their name; I bet there are a lot of Jolies and Mileys and Taylors out there. It’s also a proud moment, when a porn film is released with a title based on a more mainstream flick, as in Jurassic Pork, Forrest Hump, or the transgendered title You’ve Got Male Genitalia. After I worked on Addams Family Values, I was thrilled to see, on the shelves of my local triple-X boutique, both Madam’s Family Values and Anus Family Values. But my dream was to combine both the higher and lower end markets in a single title, which I accomplished with In & Out.

Blognick