Little black book cast4/16/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() For example, in a scene with one of the exes - a young doctor who Derek said was a podiatrist – Stacy makes an appointment and doesn’t figure out until she is in the stirrups that the doctor is actually a gynecologist. Is she the bright young career woman or the catty but dull girlfriend who can’t seem to read the signals. The encounters with the ex-girlfriends were not only unfunny in a typical formula-romantic-comedy way but created a conflict regarding Stacy’s nature. Stacy looks up three of Derek’s ex-girlfriends and contacts them – not telling them that she is living with Derek - by making up an excuse about some proposed TV show. Stacy discovers this by getting into Derek’s Palm Pilot – the modern equivalent of the black book– after being egged on by her workplace mentor Barb (Holly Hunter). Her boyfriend, well played but mostly off-screen - Ron Livingston as Derek - may be seeing a little too much of certain former girlfriends. The movie I didn’t care for involves Stacy’s love life. That superb ensemble cast made all of the workplace scenes lively and full of humorous commentary about unbridled ambition in a backstabbing environment - the crass nature of the show helped as well. The crew of the fictional Kippie Kann Show includes Kathy Bates (as the host), Stephen Tobolowsky, Kevin Sussman, and Holly Hunter – as well as our hero Stacy. The Jerry-Springer-type subject material was a good choice since the stupidity of the TV show contrasts nicely with the sharp intellect of the workers who are nevertheless driven to make the show as appealing as possible. The workplace didn’t have to be TV – it could be almost any job that attracts highly motivated achievers and then pits them against each other. The movie that I loved is set in that workplace - a snake pit of talented, articulate people who compete ruthlessly. Stacy (Brittany Murphy) is an intelligent and energetic young woman who aspires to be a TV journalist, but for now the best she can do career-wise is start out as an associate producer on a lowbrow daytime TV show. Nick Hurran’s Little Black Book struck me as two movies – a clever one set in a repugnant but fascinating workplace and a typical “romantic comedy” that’s just barely above average in that overworked genre. Little Black Book Directed by Nick Hurran ![]()
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