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Scoring--S, Todd Curry 3,Gordon Mapes 3, Tom Nelson 2, Tim Nelson, Tom Kopple, Brad Kotz, Frank Lanuto, Mark Brannigan. H, Chris Pujols 2, Rob Hawely 2, Martin Garcia, Tom Corcoran, Steve Voelkel, Rob Huribut, Paul Garavente...
ALMOST every current top 40 song fits part of all of Travers' description. A few, however, are worth particular mention, partly because their accompanying MTV videos have further confirmed today's angst. Both the literal and visual interpretations of, for instance. Laura Brannigan's "You Take My Self Control," radiate a preoccupation with instant and continuous self-satisfaction. The haunting flip-side of that egoism is a disturbing loneliness, even more evident in the video. A similar anxiety--coupled with alienation--from lovers, parents, friends, and self--characterizes Cindy Lauper's "Time After Time...
MINOR ACTORS shine as well. Kevin Avery makes the most of his role as Lt. Brannigan, the stereotypical musical comedy cop whose goal in life is to track down Nathan's set-up, the "oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York." Both Saidel has a variety of roles: chores girl, hooher, Havana dancer. Although she says very little, her dancing is truly spectacular, and her high kicks and sultry writhing in the Havana cabaret make her one of the show's most memorable performers...
Well, there is a brawl in Brannigan, but it takes place in a humble pub, is poorly motivated and feebly staged. It says nothing at all relevant or original about the international clash of manners that the movie keeps edging toward and then backing away from. This seems all the more disappointing since the star himself appears fit and fresh and more than usually eager to have some fun with his image in a setting that is novel...
...would tax his limited ingenuity. But it has been a long time since True Grit, and maybe one of our Bicentennial projects ought to be a search for a movie worthy of a national treasure like John Wayne. It is maddening to see him caught up in incompetencies like Brannigan...