After my mom died, I went to the same movie every day for a week, a buddy comedy about two divorce mediators who sneak into weddings to seduce women. The Vince Vaughn-Owen Wilson bromance in Wedding Crashers was a hilarious, heartwarming distraction from my blues.
So I was happy, 20 years later, to see the real-life friends in Xfinity ads reprising their roles, bro-ing out on a sleepover where they watch sports and get ready for a Vaughn speciality: pancakes and guac.
Then I noticed other bro commercials: seriously buff comic actors Kumail Nanjiani and Rob Mac aiming to make DirecTV hip, sparring in fur coats, tinted aviators and lots of bling as they watch sports.
Scrubs BFFs Zach Braff and Donald Faison are singing, dancing and hanging in the hood, sometimes with Jason Momoa and John Travolta, pushing T-Mobile.
Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, stars of t
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