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...film centers on Calogero (Francis Capra), a 9-year-old boy from the neighborhood who is fascinated by the mysterious goings-on at the Chez Bippy, the bar and social club downstairs from his apartment. The reigning neighborhood mobster, Sonny, runs the place and coordinates all of his illegal dealings there. Calogero and his friends often stand on the stoop next door and mimic Sonny's every move...
Inevitably, Calogero and Sonny are drawn together when the boy sees Sonny bearing the gun after a "parking space dispute" ends up in murder. After Calogero refuses to name him to the police, he is slowly incorporated into the life and doings at Chez Bippy. Lorenzo wisely tells his son that he did a "good thing for a bad man," but warns him away. But after witnessing the glamour that encompasses Sonny's world, the rapidly aging youth insists, "The working man is a sucker...
...audience: "You could fit the people I write for into your john all at the same time without raising an eyebrow"). Although O'Hara's poems to friends create an intimacy in which the reader can often share, Gooch's book adds a valuable contextual frame to works like "Chez Jane," "For Grace, After A Party," "Embarassing Bill," "Vincent And I Inaugurate A Movie Theatre" and "At Joan...
Pastry Chef of the Year: Lindsay Shere (Chez Panisse, Berkeley, Calif...
...this estimable organization seems to spend most of its time and energy making sure McDonald's and Dunkin Donuts will never come to the Square. Cheap, quick food? Perish the thought! Perhaps if Ray Kroc had named his famous chain Chez Ronald, he would have had more luck in getting approval...