Word: allene
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...passing on new program into operation too quickly at the expense of complete place understanding. In fact, some observers in Ithaca report a bold, dynamic prototype offensive set is being toyed with by Musick. During isolated play drills, spies report seeing at times two men, besides junior quarterback Mark Allen, line up in the backfield. They then appear to take turns carrying the ball. Amazing if true but possibly a vicious rumor. Colgate has been slugged by Penn but last week crushed Lafayette. Normally I would tab Cornell but the Big Red is very green, so it looks like...
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex. Woody Allen's take-off on Dr. Reuben's already amusing travesty gives us two funny episodes out of 7. Features Allen himself in his ideal role: a frightened Jewish sperm...
...Doctor tries to carry out his fiendish experiment, a fight breaks out and the laboratory catches on fire. Allen and Helen manage to escape, but so does the result of one of the doctor's experiments--a giant breast that flops through the countryside like a Japanese science fiction monster. But Allen tells Helen not to worry, because "he knows how to handle tits" and they rush off to the Sheriff's office. Eventually a plan is devised where Allen lures the stalking breast into a trap-a gigantic bra. But even after the breast is captured, the Sheriff remains...
Puns and innuendos, satire and sometimes crude humor are used in seven of the skits, but is is only in the four in which Allen plays that the humor gets off the ground and is not bogged down by ennui and poor taste. The skit on "What is Sodomy?" in which a doctor falls in love with a sheep is long, boring, and senseless and "Are Transvestites Homosexuals?" assumes that transvestites are inherently funny. They are not. "Are There Sex Perverts?" is particularly offensive. Allen stages a game show "What's My Perversion?" which features a segment in which...
...starring in the poorer skits. Allen loses the involvement that makes his work so funny. He can put the actors through their motions, but without his presence the scripts sag badly, and they are made all the more pale juxtaposed with the skits in which Allen plays the lead. Had Allen limited the movie to his four skits, or substituted the poor ones, with material equal to the funnier four, than he would have created a comic masterpiece. As it is, he has only four-sevenths of a very funny film...