Herald Publications - El Segundo, Hawthorne, Lawndale & Inglewood Community Newspapers Since 1911 - (310) 322-1830 - Vol. 2, No. 8 - February 20, 2020
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LA Charger, Uchenna Nwosu,
Gives Back to His Community
The Los Angeles Sports Council has named Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Uchenna Nwosu its inaugural recipient of the Mayor’s Community Athlete Award. The award, which will be given out for the
first time at this year’s L.A. Sports Awards on February 20 at The Beverly Hilton, highlights a Southern California athlete who has given back in an extraordinary way to his or her community. Nwosu was
chosen for his significant support of initiatives and events across numerous Southern California communities. Photo Los Angeles Chargers.
Ben Schwartz and Billy Crystal
Shine in Standing Up, Falling Down
By Ryan Rojas for cinemacy.com
Picture if Dustin Hoffman’s Ben Braddock
of The Graduate had a wise-cracking mentor
to help guide him through the anxieties of
post-grad adulthood – and if that mentor was
the peerless Billy Crystal – and you’d get
something similar to Standing Up, Falling
Down, a feel-good buddy comedy about the
unlikely friendship between an unsuccessful
young comedian and his sagely, spirited
dermatologist.
While Standing Up, Falling Down prefers to
operate on the softer side of things, it still takes
a look life’s tougher times, made entertaining
by a pair of wonderfully charismatic
performers.
Stand-up comic Scott (Ben Schwartz) isn’t
so much down on his luck as he is failing to
realize he keeps playing the same bad band.
With his comedy career going nowhere fast,
he leaves L.A. to move back in with his
parents in Eastern Long Island – which, at
thirty-four, hits on a certain anxiety that this
millennial generation has.
Now home, Scott is forced to confront
the life – as well as the people – he left
behind, including sister (Grace Gummer) and
ex-girlfriend (Eloise Mumford). In his grief
state which warrants a medical check-up, he
meets a karaoke-loving dermatologist, Marty
(Billy Crystal). It’s not long until Marty and
his natural cheer mix with Scott and his
cynical self, and the two find themselves
having drinks, hanging out, and finding that
each is helping the other move on from one
of life’s ruts.
Standing Up, Falling Down probably won’t
find its way into the pantheon of all-time great
buddy comedies, but this earnest little flick
wears its heart on its sleeve and will delight
those looking for a lighthearted, enjoyable
film that digs into substantial themes when
it wishes to.
What intrigued me most about the film
before I saw it was the anticipation of
seeing the comedic pairing of two comic
talents that I personally acknowledge as being
part of my love of comedy. Schwartz, perhaps
most widely recognized as Jean Ralphio in
Parks and Rec and who’s seeing his own
Standing Up, Falling Down.
star rising as of recently (voicing the blue
speedster in Sonic the Hedgehog), carries the
film from start to finish with his affable and
casual charm. But it’s Crystal that proves his
legendary status, taking this lovable character
and making him all his own. Crystal’s warmhearted
wit and heart of gold will make you
laugh, which makes the moments of true loss
that much more emotionally weighted.
The pairing of two truly amazing comedians
with natural comic chemistry make Standing
Up, Falling Down a film that looks at the
hardships of life while having a fun time
doing it. •