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...psychopathic nut, who takes his relaxation by hanging himself up on a crucifix in the parior, and who is uncomfortable in the role of noble and has no respect for his wealth or position. We're supposed to like him--he's the truly sane one, right? A worthless creep, I think--the idea is admirable, and there are a couple of good bits on the English class system, but they, come from straight parodies of the sane lorda and ladies, not from the idea of O'Toole's character, which is facile and degenerates into Incompressible religious bizarreness...
...Nichols and his former partner. A New Leaf was dark, crazy and exhilaratingly wacky. The Fortune, which also becomes a comedy of murders, is safe and smug. When the boys first try to kill the girl, they dump her in a tiny fountain in two inches of water and creep away, expecting her to drown. The gag does not work because it is clear that the girl is in no peril. Elaine May put her heroine directly in harm's way, and managed to make the murderous husband funny at the same time. Nichols just plays...
What holds Butley together is its humor. The play is consistently funny. The laughs are disarming; this should be a sad if not pathetic story. But Butley himself could never allow that--he's too cynical, too intelligent, to allow sentiment to creep in. It is only after the final well deserved curtain call that depression begins to take hold, begins to work its way through the memories of the evening, until it seems to have consumed not just the collapse, but the entire story of Ben Butley...
...recent years Parr had become something of a relic. Old friends gradually began to turn their backs. A hint of bitterness would creep into Parr's piercing blue eyes as he saw his power slipping away...
...outset with the flashing of "Election Day" on the dark screen, and as he reminds us every time we see the face that is becoming the most comic mug since Tom Dewey. Ah, yes, we think, as we watch George's tumescence, very similar to the swelling of CREEP's campaign funds. A pair of legs spreading apart, we realize, is quite analogous to the hairy palm of a politician opening up to receive a bribe. As we watch George lose Jackie at just the moment he recognizes his love for her, the lesson of the movie becomes clear...