The New Yorker
The New Yorker
February 17, 2003
Carbajal's humor alternates between lacerating and indulgent, and never slackens.
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You saw "The Breakfast Club"and "Heathers." So why see Ruben Carbajal's revisitation of the war between high-school burnouts, popular people, and dorks? Because Mike Shapiro's direction crackles, Joey (Brenton Popolizio) is one sexy nerd, and the outrage of Lester Suh (Aron Yoo) at his dungeonmaster's misuse of elves will convulse anybody who has ever known a D. & D. obsessive. Carbajal's humor alternates between lacerating and indulgent, and never slackens. Plus, you get to hear the Kiss ballad "Beth" played unironically."
