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Leider Recital: Carol Magenau, Susan Youens. 8:00 p.m., Cronkhite Graduate Center...
...When 100 ERA supporters confronted New York Republican Hamilton Fish Jr., for instance, he said he had to do more research on whether extending the deadline would be constitutional. He added: "I have to put the Constitution of the United States ahead of any group's goals." Replied Carol Sharnoff of Long Island, N.Y.: "I'm outraged by what's going on here. If the experts can't give you an answer [on the constitutional question], look to the people of this country, and we'll give you an answer...
...early 40s (she refuses to divulge her age), Cannon's screen trademark is an odd but appealing mix of sensuality and wacky spontaneity. Says Paul Mazursky, who directed her in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice: "She has this strange sexuality, which has the slightest edge of being funky, and this humor." She is the exact opposite of a gently provocative Diane Keaton, much more like a latter-day Judy Holliday (but brassier). Cannon downright dares to be vulgar. Says Buck Henry, co-director (with Beatty) of Heaven Can Wait: "She's successful because she's not afraid...
Although Cannon has made several sexpotboilers, she has also given some impressive performances. She received an Oscar nomination for her portrayal in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice in 1969 of the well-stacked wife who turns uptight when her husband (Elliott Gould) and friends start to dabble in swinging sex. In The Last of Sheila (1973), she did a fine, funny job as a bitchy Hollywood talent...
...other "all-stars" do much more than trace a broad Crayola line around fa miliar types. The Cheap Detective offers a few snorts of recognition and a basically good-natured air. But frankly, they did this sort of thing just as well, and a lot more quickly, on the Carol Burnett Show. Don't even mention Sid Caesar's old program. - Richard Schickel