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...paraphrase the grammar school boff, what are they going to eat in the House of Lords? They won't be able to eat the Sandwiches there any more, because the tenth earl and great-great-great-great-grandnephew of the 18th century titleholder who invented layered lunch has renounced his lordship, like other Tory leaders. He will seek election to the House of Commons as just plain Alexander Victor Edward Paulet Montagu...
...being satirical when he spoofs Emil's supposed masculinity, but it isn't sure how seriously to take the psychological mishmash. If Costigan is truly concerned with dreams and guilt feelings, he doesn't say very much, badly. And if the whole play is intended as a boff of modern theater, Costigan fluffs the job by giving the production an overly sober tone...
...first big-name pop singer in years to tour the country. In eight days, he visited four cities, giving 15 performances, and the S.R.O. audiences, two-thirds of them over 30, applauded wildly, called out hours of requests and gaily sang along. It was such a boff that the government is petitioning Paul to return as soon as possible...
...parody? "Just like the CRIMSON, only sorta ugliar," promises Jonathan Chapman Rose, Yale '63, of the group, in his recently released Chapman Report on the operation. And what will it contain? Reached by phone here earlier today, Rose was vague, but hinted that the bogus issue might contain a boff announcement that President Kennedy ("of all people") would attend The Game. [The President is, in fact, according to White House sources, expected to be on hand for the occasion...
Based on the Broadway boff that was based on the autobiography of Gypsy Rose Lee, the film affects to explain how a nice little girl from Seattle grew up to be the genius of grind. The explanation is Momma. As Roz portrays her, Momma Hovick is the matriarchetype of the stage mother, an all-too-human dynamo who sees in her daughters, big clumsy Louise (Natalie Wood) and talented little June (Ann Jilliann), a second chance at fame...