Word: comic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...think he'll run, he's made that clear... but that's one bridge we'll have to look at... later." Oooooooooh. This was, perhaps, the first time Dukakis had ever blushed in public, as he realized the implications of his statement. It was a spark of comic relief in a media show full of nebulous ideas and statements...
Rich completely missed the boat on John Belushi; "fat comic actor" indeed! Jackie Gleason is a fat comic. Belushi is a brilliant Marlon Brando type who maybe needs to lose 20 Ibs. There's a significant-and very sexy-distinction...
...prime-time TV since The Mary Tyler Moore Show itself. Set at a money-losing radio station that dumps its "elevator music" format for top-40 rock, WKRP is a sitcom dream. Its laughs derive from character rather than contrived gags; its cast is an ensemble of inventive comic actors. The first episode, which establishes the premise and players with dazzling efficiency, is an almost steady howl...
There is much to admire in Director Nikita Mikhalkov's rendering of this tale. He has shot the movie in summery, impressionistic colors that well evoke the end of imperial Russia. His comic vignettes about the early days of his country's film industry are reminiscent of old-time Hollywood lore, right down to the portrayal of temperamental screenwriters and cost-conscious producers. Slave even has a character who is a Russian equivalent of American Silent-Era Star John Gilbert: a dashing leading man whose speaking voice is disconcertingly high-pitched...
Many of Evita's failings are a function of Rice's libretto, which never aspires to much more than a comic-book version of history. The author dutifully chronicles Evita's impoverished youth, her Buenos Aires radio career and her rise to power once married to Colonel Juan Perón (Joss Ackland). But Rice's point of view on his heroine is pure show biz; he's so agog he might as well be describing the career of Judy Garland. By the time Evita dies of cancer at age 33, we know...