Film No 74 (2019) August. 12th. 1.20PM LUNA SX Fremantle.
"Oh, I'll use a trash can, there's hardly any trash in it, oh it kind of comfortable, better than a chair" (Molly, responds to being asked to take a seat by Katherine on a male dominated table where there is no place for her).
The Late Night promo poster is screaming out "I'm a slick, smart comedy with clipped, sharp scenes laced with dialogue to match and a soundtrack setting the ebb and flow of mood throughout". Well that's what you get, and maybe that is the cleverness of Late Night. A film about a writer's room established by a network specifically to write gags for their flagship late night host, Katherine Newbery (Emma Thompson) created by a lone writer Mindy Kaling who, significantly, plays the co-lead Molly Patel. Molly is the "token" woman assigned a seat at Newbery's writers room. Newbery's style is becoming stale on the late-night TV landscape. The network has a plan to replace their star. Newbery either fought or folded. I dare say you can guess the rest. Slick, smart, spicy drama which is soon forgotten. 8GUMS.
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