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...begin cheering Annie Hall with the first scene, when Annie and Alvy meet after a tennis game (she wearing men's brown pants, an unpressed white shirt, a black vest, and a ridiculously long polka-dot tie, an outfit Diane might have found on the floor of her own closet). She starts to compliment him on his tennis, gets lost in one of her enchanted word-forests, then subsides into pretty embarrassment: "Oh, God, Annie ... Well, oh, well ..." And then the murmur of defeat: "La-de-dah, la-de-dah." Heartbreaking. Does anyone doubt that young women across the country...
...lack thereof, is the size of each student's room. Almost all are in singles, some of which are two-room suites. The only students who seem really unhappy with the accommodations are students like Karen Kaufman, whose room barely has space for a bed, a desk, and a closet...
...different types of drives that keep the engine of the American economy running. Indeed, in one chapter, Maccoby strikes home with a telling analysis of "the head and the heart" of the successful corporate figure, painting a clear picture that should stand as a warning to the closet pre-professional...
...Liza reveals itself in all its poignant fullness here; comforting the dejected Turner, Liza eggs him on to do something "dazzling" for the crazies. It is Turner's and the film's turning point, the moment when the soon-to-be-fired hairdresser decides to burst out of the closet and don the dresses...
Even so, Soap is not without its virtues. Jimmy Baio, as an oversexed 14-year-old, and Billy Crystal, as an out-of-the-closet (but preoperative) transsexual, are sharp young comedians. The series' hellzapoppin plot, whose chaos recalls the '30s farces of Kaufman and Hart, exerts a strong narrative pull. With care, these elements could yet form the basis for entertainment that is both notorious and decent. Soap will surely make enough money to buy itself a heart...