THE FRENCH DISPATCH HAS WEIRD STORIES TO LAUGHT AT
Another film with French dialog, The French Dispatch, was released the same day. The film is a fictional account of three absurd scenes covered by journalists using multisyllabic prose that is recited so rapidly that American audiences will fail to discern humor within French-style satire. The aim is for journalists to cover three segments taking place in France within the pages of a magazine presumably published in a Kansas town. Although the screenplay is definitely clever, appropriate laughter is therefore absent even though comedian Bill Murray is at the center as the magazine editor. MN