Heroic Movie Stoners

Not up in smoke: 18-plus heroic movie stoners



Traditionally, the stoner character in film is the comedy relief, the modern equivalent of the drunk in old cartoons and comedies who sees something outlandish, examines his bottle of booze as if it’s to blame, and throws it away. Not that movie stoners generally swear off the habit, but they tend to be in a story to provide funny reactions and generally be laughably weak, compromised, or silly.

Drew Goddard’s The Cabin In The Woods embraces the stereotype as it embraces so many other slasher-movie stereotypes—at least at the outset.

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The feminist comedy of Louis C.K.

“We’re the No. 1 Threat to Women!”


Last year at a comedy club Daniel Tosh supposedly told a heckler it would be funny if five guys raped her right that second. During the blowback that ensued when the story hit the Web, Louis C.K. tweeted a compliment to Tosh: “your show makes me laugh every time I watch it. And you have pretty eyes.” Now people were mad at C.K., too. So he went on The Daily Show and said that he had no idea about the rape-joke controversy when he wrote the tweet. Then he described feminists and comics as “natural enemies,” since “stereotypically speaking, feminists can’t take a joke” and “comedians can’t take criticism.” Some of the angry people forgave C.K. after his explanation—but some just got angrier, since he seemed to pit comedy and feminism against each other. This was ironic, because Louis C.K. has been making feminism funny for years.

His new stand-up special, Oh My God, premiered on HBO over the weekend...

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