Word: comical
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...WANTS to spend a weekend watching disturbing drama? The week is disturbing enough. For those seeking comic relief, Harold Pinter's Betrayal, an unnerving look at sex and emotion in contemporary society...
Into this dreary drama, Tina Higgins injects some much needed energy and comic relief in the small role of an Italian waitress. She has a wonderfully expressive face and a fine Italian accent...
Texasville is McMurtry's eleventh novel, and by now his wonderfully loose- jointed narrative style slips in and out of comic exaggeration with practiced ease. There are no seams between the ambling lies of the 19th century frontier yarn spinner (his literary heritage) and the slick ambiguities of the 20th century novelist. When the tall tales have room to unwind to the horizon, as they do in Lonesome Dove (1985), McMurtry's haunting legend of the last cattle drives, the result is extraordinary. This sort of storytelling works best with a lot of action, however, and the new novel describes...
Whew again! Night Court's John Larroquette proves himself a wonderful comic foil. Here he is a man sworn to maim anyone who attempts to trifle with Nadia, his former love. Guess who tries...
...phew! As played by Kim Basinger, Nadia lacks what farce needs, irresistible nuttiness. She is simply a whiner. Director Edwards (The Party, S.O.B.) is a great farceur, and he has plenty of classic comic conventions to play with: elegant cars and parties to crash, a decorous wedding to subvert. But glum Nadia defeats him. A film promising knockout knockabout comedy finally seems merely knocked...