Film critic Richard Schickel: Tough, honest and ever hopeful for the next great movie
(LA Times Africa)

Gary Shandling can be seen in `Dying Laughing,` a new documentary on comedians, talking with exasperation about a young person who insisted that there must be a secret to success in stand-up. No secret, Shandling had tried to tell him, just sustained hard work.     So it was with the prolific Richard...