Talk:Judd Apatow

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[edit] Apatow-style where art thou?

I do not observe the existence of any references to the "Apatow Style" anywhere on the internet (and usually you can find just about anything somewhere on the internet). Furthermore, no references have been provided for the introduction of a novel subcategory such as this ("The Apatow Style").

Currently there seems to be a lot of controversy surrounding sexism and discriminatory practices within Apatow's films. This section seems to be somewhat reactionary to such accusations. It appears to have been written by someone who either really likes his movies or quite possibly shared a dorm room with him in college. Why is Apatow being credited for films he didn't even create, and by whom? (I don't think the directors, producers, writers, etc. of other films would like to be associated with he sexist accusations being leveled against Apatow.) JTWoodsworth (talk) 08:14, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Email bit

Too long and prominent for a minuscule part of someone's biography. BabuBhatt 21:04, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Agreed. Not encyclopedic. A one sentence summary with a link to the Harpers' article would be sufficient should editors feel that this even belongs here (which I don't, by the way). Piperdown 23:17, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Former Roommate with Adam Sandler

Judd stated this on the Late Show with Jay Leno May 22, 2007

[edit] Why can't we all get along?

Judd A's moves are very funny. why every one have to be so negative. yes maybe sex is true. good reference. but style is very good and people like very good style and sex. —Preceding unsigned comment added by TaiChiChuan (talk • contribs) 09:06, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sexism Section

Two days ago someone deleted the entire sexism sections....

Whoever did this noted that I was making "negative" comments against Apatow. There are many positive comments, and I don't think that a little bit of balance is at all inappropriate. Over the last few months, I have contributed a lot to this section, along with many others, and I believe that it is extremely well documented and footnoted.

If anyone wants to argue the validity of these references or provide additional references which contradict the facts provided, I will not try to delete such references.

The section isn't perfect, but I don't believe it deserves to be expunged.

In it's current incarnation, the section reads:

Revision by 69.138.91.92 at 16:37, 17 February 2008

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.138.91.92 (talk) 07:19, 24 January 2008

I don't know who deleted this section the first time, but I just deleted it (along with the "pro-life" section). After looking at the Knocked Up article, I realized both sections were copied and pasted from that article. Reading these sections, one can tell that they both are about the press and others accusing the film Knocked Up of being sexist or having pro-life themes -- not Apatow. Unless you can find specific instances of people accusing Apatow of being pro-life or sexist, those sections don't belong here. They belong in the Knocked Up article... where they came from. Pele Merengue (talk) 07:03, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
Agreed. 69.138's additions were first reverted by Erik and then by me. A director's biography is not for copy-pasting film-centric content from a film article. Prolog (talk) 18:45, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] How much money did Apatow lose on Walk Hard?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk_Hard:_The_Dewey_Cox_Story —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.195.108.45 (talk) 21:21, 17 March 2008 (UTC)