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Alix Dobkin, Who Wrote Songs Of Liberation, 80 | ArtsJournal

Alix Dobkin, Who Wrote Songs Of Liberation, 80 | ArtsJournal

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Alix Dobkin, 'Head Lesbian' And First Star Of Womyn's Music, Dead At 80 | ArtsJournal

Alix Dobkin, ‘Head Lesbian’ And First Star Of Womyn’s Music, Dead At 80 | ArtsJournal

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“Goodbye.” 4/3/18

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Alix Dobkin in 1975.

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Article by Matt Joseph at 2012-04-05 17:36:08 Categorized in Movie News, Movies, News, Though his increasingly busy plate that is filling up with Marvel related projects, Robert Downey Jr. has found time to squeeze in a new film, David Dobkin's The Judge. Set up at Warner Bros. the studio has paired the two together on the film because, why not? Downey Jr. did great things for them with the Sherlock Holmes franchise and Dobkins has had a few hits at the studio too (Wedding Crashers) and is also working on Arthur & Lancelot for them.

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The Change-Up (Dobkin, 2011)

Body swap comedies are the lowest of the low; people look at them with disgust and embarrassment. When you hear that a new one is coming out, it’s kind of like hearing that America is going to war with another Middle Eastern country: really guys? Seriously? AGAIN?! People weren’t impressed the first time you did this!

Within three minutes of watching The Change-Up however, I was unsure whether what I was viewing was more body shock than body swap. Like a scene from The Human Centipede Jason Bateman (pre-swap) is changing the baby, he crouches down low to pick up a nappy. What follows is the most disturbing use of CGI that I have ever seen: the baby’s bum cheeks start to convulse before projectile pooing into Jason Bateman’s mouth like some kind of reverse Linda Blair from The Exorcist.

It is in this tone that the film continues. The Change-Up is edgy and surprisingly so for a couple of actors who usually play it fairly safe. There are babies playing with knives and blenders. Abusive language directed at children and toilet humour to rival an episode of Bottom.

Don’t get me wrong The Change-Up is at times hilarious, but the tone fluctuates more often than a heartbeat monitor and because of this you can’t really take the serious parts seriously, or laugh consistently at the funny parts and what’s more, the chemistry never really clicks between Bateman and Reynolds; at least not to the extent of Wilson and Vaughn in Wedding Crashers (another of Dobkin’s offerings). Despite having its moments therefore, The Change-Up kind of falls flat on its face which is a shame because Dobkin has a pretty good history with the genre.