Word: caste
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Jerry Lewis' character owns a carnivalesque Cadillac dealership. It's been a while since Lewis last hammed it up in a French film, but he obviously still thinks his behavior appropriate and funny. He even gets to call his new bride, Minnie (Paulina Porizkova), his "polish cupcake." The cast cannot muffle their laughs. They practically wink at the camera to show they are having a good time...
...alternates shizophrenically between fits of wild absurdity and tearful sadness. Next to the antics, the film's serious moments could be scenes from a different work. Most of its characters are one-sided, unconscious extensions of their Hollywood personalities. Part of "Dream's" joke is that they are type-cast, but they either don't know or don't care...
Incongruous ensembles dot the score. A whole chorus of Portuguese townspeople interrupts an inquisition with "What a day for an autoda-fe." The cast collectively bemoans their lot with unfortunately appropriate words--"What's the use"--to the strains of Venetain-style organ grinding that would have made even Sir Arthur Sullivan shudder...
Given the circumstances, Altman said, the last sentence was merely intended to illustrate a point. "I was trying to show Randy how far he had become entrenched in his actions," he said. "I was trying to show him how hard it was to cast out a line...
Having their parents present in the audiencepresented a special opportunity for the cast ofGhungroo, Bhatt said...