🎧 Back to School, Hollywood: Start With ‘Porky’s’

Rob Long’s syllabus for reaching young men again

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In show business, “after the holiday” — Labor Day, that is — are the three magic words that make August a breeze and September feel like back to school. But for Rob Long, it actually does mean back to school, as he starts his second year in the Master of Divinity program at Princeton Theological Seminary, moving one step closer to his goal of pitching a multi-camera comedy while wearing a priest’s collar. If Rob had his way, though, we’d all be back in the classroom. Why? If Disney, owner of Lucasfilm and Marvel, can’t reach young male audiences, then Hollywood needs a core curriculum — one with every installment of the Porky’s franchise, Caddyshack and Taken.

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