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Message: [QUOTE="storrsroars, post: 4537447, member: 2500"] [B]The Substitute[/B] (2017, Netflix). Small Argentinian film about a substitute teacher whose school encounters a drug bust facilitated by one of two opposing mayoral candidates to discredit the other. Students are accused of drug dealing and threatened. Some other strange subplots that aren't explored, like the guy's wife leaves him for a lesbian relationship, and his dad is some murky character called "The Chilean" who has all sorts of connections, but doesn't seem to do anything other than run a soup kitchen. I'm not sure what I really watched. Not the kind of movie that would find financing in USA. [B]Jim Jefferies "High and Dry"[/B] (2023, Netflix) It's a great month for comedy. Louis CK released a livestream of his MSG show, Chris Rock is dropping a new special next week, and Jefferies dropped this one yesterday. I'm a huge Jefferies fan. IMO, he surpassed Bill Burr when he released "Intolerant", while Burr mostly rehashed previous topics in his Red Rocks concert. In this one, we find Jefferies is no longer drinking, but has found edibles. There is extremely detailed telling of having sex with his pregnant wife. There's plenty of transgender stuff (he's actually empathetic, but manages to offend anyway), a story of a friend coming out, and he goes after Greta Thunberg at the beginning and end. I enjoy him because he's just so foul, but also extremely likeable, and a fantastic storyteller. But this hour isn't as cohesive as "Intolerant", and if he's not divorced before the next special, it'll be a surprise. You'll likely be uncomfortable at some point, or maybe many points. Even with that, I've already watched it twice. [/QUOTE]

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