{"id":3268,"date":"2026-06-21T20:07:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T20:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3268"},"modified":"2026-06-21T20:07:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T20:07:06","slug":"marty-life-is-short-takes-a-serious-look-at-comedian-martin-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3268","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Marty, Life Is Short\u2019 takes a serious look at comedian Martin Short"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cMarty, Life Is Short\u201d would be a good title for a documentary on Martin Scorsese. However, Lawrence Kasdan\u2019s film is all about another Marty, Martin Short. This intimate and funny portrait of the actor earns the poignancy of a title that\u2019s not just a play on words; it\u2019s also the film\u2019s thesis statement. <\/span><\/p>\n

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As with the recent documentary \u201cJohn Candy: I Like Me,\u201d this Netflix entry presents the life and career of an \u201cSCTV\u201d alumnus. Kasdan shows interview footage from the familiar cast of that Canadian comedy classic television show, including the late Catherine O\u2019Hara (to whom this film is dedicated), Andrea Martin, and Eugene Levy. Other collaborators like John Mulaney and Paul Shaffer chime in from their own homes and from the many get-togethers Short and his late wife, Nancy Dolman, threw for their closest friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dolman and Short, who were married for 30 years, are held up as the perfect couple by everyone Kasdan interviews. So, in addition to being a document of a successful career, \u201cMarty, Life Is Short\u201d is also a love story.<\/span><\/p>\n

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