I realized the other day when I was sitting down in front of the television going over the stack of movies I recently bought that almost all of them are comedies and almost all of them feature Seth Rogen. Somehow that man has not only become identified as one of the premier faces in comedy these days, but also apparently stars in the type of comedies that I’ll buy off Amazon the moment they for $2.50. The strangest thing is that it all just sort of happened; it’s not like there was any sort of concentrated effort on my part to expand my Seth Rogen film collection.
Heck, I don’t even think that had anyone asked me that I would have even said I was a big fan of it. However, evidence is beginning to point to the contrary. Oh my.
For the three of you out there who don’t know who Seth Rogen is, he’s that funny looking Jewish guy with goofy teeth and a big fro that first appeared as the cameraman helping Veronica Corningstone film the kitty beauty contest in Anchorman. After that he got a break as the stock guy working at Smart Tech alongside Steve Carell in the 40 Year old Virgin. From there he’s pretty much been in 2-3 movies a year, most of them either directed or produced by Judd Apatow.
I suspect it all has something to do with fellows like Apatow who have cornered the market on raunchy, rude, and ridiculous young adult comedies these days, especially considering that Kevin Smith doesn’t really seem to care anymore. Yet regardless of Apatow’s writing, directing and producing promiscuity these days he probably wouldn’t have been able to pull it all off without someone like Seth Rogen who combines perfect line delivery and some mighty good improvisation. Also he looks funny, which certainly helps since as humans we haven’t really lost out taste for seeing fat guys get hit in the face with flying objects.