Will Arnett, Laura Dern and Bradley Cooper: 3 Friends Walk Into a Comedy Club
The New York Times••entertainment
Key Points:
- "Is This Thing On?" is a dramedy starring Will Arnett and Laura Dern, directed by Bradley Cooper, focusing on Alex, a married father facing divorce who discovers standup comedy as an emotional outlet.
- The film reflects the real-life friendships and shared histories of Cooper, Arnett, and Dern, all in their 50s with personal experiences of marriage and divorce informing the story.
- Cooper co-developed the script with Arnett and Mark Chappell, drawing loose inspiration from British comedian John Bishop's life, and also acts in the film as a comic relief character named Balls.
- Shot on a low budget in New York comedy clubs like the Comedy Cellar, the film includes real comedians and even Cooper’s
