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Other love triangles also into real rather than melodramatic tension, making Night Music a drama sprinkled with humor rather than a farce toned down with drama. Tucker and Stokes' performances never really accentuate the buffoonery of Firestone's Count, so he escapes as less than simply laughable. Scenes change abruptly from dark confessions of love and desire to frivolous and hypocritical jealousy making vital transitions to key jokes difficult. Likewise, halting delivery and slow entrances take the snap out of potential fun. The jokes take too long to develop where a few crisp exchanges would bring the excitement of fresh...
...Bruck amply demonstrates, Ross's charm made him a natural for Hollywood, where everyone is a vortex of ego and where success belongs not to those who count the beans but to those who extravagantly spoil the stars. If Barbra Streisand wanted a painting, why not buy it for her? If Dustin Hoffman was vacationing in Europe, why not provide him with a yacht? If Steven Spielberg was looking for a home in the Hamptons, why not arrange the sale for him? "It's about people, really -- realizing what they want," Ross once told Bruck...
Outside my room used to hang (until it was removed by overzealous inspectors) a chart detailing the number of fire alarms at 29G. At last count, we were up to nine. Several of these happened late at night. One of them happened in the morning during finals...
...hiring a full-time business employee plunges you into an entirely new dimension of complexity. By my count (which undoubtedly is wrong), it takes a minimum of 37 different forms and 50 separate checks to hire a single employee for a year, even if she graciously agrees to be paid only once a month...
Meanwhile, President Clinton can count on one fewer job when the stats come out for 1994. My assistant is moving on, and I'm retiring the position. Having an assistant simply takes too much time...