Absolutely false. Consider his magnum opus, Jack and Jill, in which Sandler looks at sibling rivalry without that acrid love of dysfunction so popular on TV and Broadway. It shows the depths of kinship–similarities siblings can’t help sharing but learn to accept in themselves. He explores affection without the class and gender guilt Judd Apatow hides behind (the distraction scuttled Apatow’s grandiose Funny People). Sandler’s willingness to appear “dumb” is what makes his films so cathartic. He thrives on being unembarrassed–the key to classic comedy going back to the Greeks.