The Underpants August 29, 2010

Returning by popular demand is this side-splitting reinvention by the incomparable Steve Martin of Carl Sternheim's turn-of-the-century satire on sex, in which he focuses his zany eye on the relationship between a prudish government clerk and his detectably voluptuous young wife, Louise. Set in 1910, when a glimpse of stocking was something shocking, two very different men face cardiac arrest when they are witness to the full descent of luscious Louise's lingerie during an outdoor celebration. Louise becomes something of an instant celebrity and a magnet for romantic intrigue in this hilarious, frothy, naughty comedy.