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There are many reasons to see “Easy A.”

It’s smart.  It has a tremendous cast led by Emma Stone as Olive.  And most importantly, it’s funny.  Very funny.

Kudos to you, Bert V. Royal.  (That’s the writer.  Don’t worry; I’ve never heard of him either.)

Bert loaded the movie with great lines.  I’m tempted to see it again so I can commit more to memory.  But what I’m especially fond of are Bert’s adults.

Know how adults in teen comedies are usually just butt stupid?  (“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” is littered with great examples.)  But “Easy A” appears to take place in the real world, where not every adult is a simpering idiot.  They may make stupid choices — just like the teenagers that surround them — but at their core, they appear to have some intelligence.

Olive’s parents, for example, are smart and funny and handle her not-so-ordinary situation at school with a touch of humanity.  You can actually see how someone with Olive’s sense of humor could have sprung from their loins.

What a novel idea.

But perhaps we should expect that from a comedy that is inspired by the classic novel, “The Scarlet Letter,” which was one of my fav’s from high school (except for that first chapter ‘The Custom House’…pure torture).

Luckily, “Easy A” doesn’t let its highbrow beginnings weigh down the funny.  ‘Cause I did mention it was funny…right?