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...Evening News spouted by Voice of America bureaucrats when you can hear news from the Evil Empire itself? With the secret fervor of a teenager sneaking his first drink of alcohol. I listened to the dark echoey voices of Bulgarian news broadcasters parroting the party line, the cheerful banter of Radio Habana Cuba's hosts touting the glories of the revolution...
Madonnas's sizzle and playfully challenging banter may get a rise out of you, but 53-year-old Beatty couldn't get you to roll over. The acting is mediocre, the plot lacking and, worst of all, you never really come to feel anything for the characters, whose personalities have more life on a piece of paper than they do on the screen...
Clay spills his latest secrets on a double comedy album, The Day the Laughter Died, which, the warning label advises us, "contains filthy language and no jokes!!!" Talk about truth in advertising: in 100 minutes of banter there are not half a dozen good dirty jokes. Yet some of the loudest laughter comes from women. Good sports at their own immolation, they giggle and groan along with their beaux. Perhaps proving they are tough is as important to them as it is to men. Others have found the spectacle less edifying. One woman at Madison Square Garden listened to Clay...
Only the click, click of the oarlocks, the seat sliding back and forth and the banter of the coxswain remains for the rowers to coach themselves...
Such affectionate banter, as exquisitely timed as a medieval court dance, cannot disguise the fact that, much as they might quibble, they not only expect criticism from each other, they want it. There is scarcely a conscious minute that they are not thinking and talking about acting. Performing is not a way of life for them, it is life. "Perhaps the Cronyns are the last true theater professionals," says Mike Nichols, who directed them in one of their biggest hits, The Gin Game...