Original sentence: Jeff Later pleads with Larry to apologize to them; but, try as he might, Larry's attempts to make up with them backfire badly -- as does the white lie (meant to keep Cheryl from learning of the comment) that he makes Jeff an accomplice in telling Cheryl.Larry remarks to his wife Cheryl about how the pants he's wearing are so baggy in the front, that they make it look like he has an erection every time he is sitting down.Later, Larry and Cheryl make plans to dine with Richard Lewis and his new girlfriend, later that week.That night, while at the movies with a female friend of Cheryl's, Larry has a heated argument (about trying to get to his seat) with a woman who turns out to be that girlfriend.While talking to Jeff on (mutual) car speaker phones, Larry jokingly refers to his wife as Hitler; Jeff's parents (passengers in his car, and close with a Holocaust survivor) take deep offense to that.While trying to calm Larry down afterward, Cheryl's friend notices Larry's bulging crotch, and is shocked into awkward silence by his 'erection', which she believes is indisputable proof that  Larry secretly finds her attractive
Edited sentence: A movie theater argument with a female 'stranger' leads to tensions between Larry and best friend Richard Lewis.Larry's joking referral to Cheryl as  "Hitler" (during a car speakerphone conversation with Jeff) cause Larry's attempts to both hide it from Cheryl, and appease Jeff's Holocaust-sensitive parents), to backfire disastrously.Larry's new pants (which are so baggy in the front that they make it look like he has an erection every time he  sits down) create tense misunderstandings between Larry, Cheryl, and her friend