Pig Skin Roast ; Admirable Comedy Draws From Best Bits of 1925

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This has been a good spring for comedies that look backward in time for their inspiration.

Last month, "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day" harkened back to an age of zany films that embraced farcical situations, mistaken identities, hidden secrets, slapstick humor, fast-talking, witty repartee and turbulent, mismatched romances -- the very definition of the bygone screwball comedy.

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Pig Skin Roast ; Admirable Comedy Draws From Best Bits of 1925

Now comes "Leatherheads," which draws on the same inspiration, for an imperfect, if perfectly enjoyable, result.

"Leatherheads" takes place in 1925, a time...

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