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...does permit Britain's acting fraternity to redeem its generals' follies. Whatever is lively and memorable in the film, which is not much, is provided by the English members of the most expensive all-star cast in recent memory. Their Yank allies, doubtless because they had second-banana roles in the original production 33 years ago, have dim, brief lives on the screen...
...proof Cows were an instant hit among such relatively "dry" groups as women, kids and elderly people. Some liquor men, though, have their doubts about the staying power of these milkshakes-with-a-kick. Says Vice President Paul Shuman of Louisville-based Glenmore Distilleries Co., which rushed out strawberry, banana and white-chocolate 30-proof Snowshakes to compete with the Cows: "The milk-type drinks have leveled off to a very flat position in the market." But Heublein executives contend that Cow sales could hit a milhon cases this year, up from...
...Lampoon are not a collective Abraham; at their best, they are a collective Isaac. The Lampoon cannot, therefore, sacrifice itself in order to affirm the Absurd truth it hopes to represent. The members of the Lampoon should not be expected to take the final step backwards (tripping on the banana peel as they do so), and arrive at a Religious communion with the Absurd. They will continue to reject through humor rather than accept through humor for as long as they need the Law as straight man. This is why the grey agreement reached last week between the administration, HRBSA...
Colonel Felix Arruza is a grotesque banana republic Zeus who is fond of procreating with comely peasant girls while his wife takes on the palace guard. Among Arruza's numerous offspring is Miguel Ángel Matalax Yanama, a 28-year-old wanderer who has studied law at Harvard and social science in Germany. He has lost an eye as a U.N. observer in the Gaza strip and he has been a teacher and a Red Cross worker in Biafra. But Matalax has eaten the bitter bread of illegitimacy and plans to over throw his dictator-father...
...Prince) run through some congenial duets on the way to the ale house, and Speed makes up for his raspy voice with quick foot work. Apparently, Speed's affinity for fruit is supposed to be comic, but all he ever does with the apples is eat them and the banana-rape is a tired...