Ineluctable modality of the risible
October 16th, 2003I know it’s bad form to laugh at those who have tumbled headlong and humiliated into the rank dankness of the gutter. But when the high-and-mighty has tripped over his own sanctimony, hypocrisy, and bloated ego, well, all bets are off. In “Rush to Recovery,” Harry Shearer administers a therapeutic dose of cruelty.