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...every horrid neurotic thing the good doctor has sworn to stamp out. But to Leo's family, Bob is the one thing Leo is not. He is available. For stupid fun. For off-the-wall counseling. For generally shaking things up. Murray, with his curious blend of pathos and aggressiveness, is terrific, and so is an acutely uptight Dreyfuss, never once copping a plea for our sympathy. At the end What About Bob? skids into silliness, but not before Frank Oz proves that he's a director with just the mean sense of humor these bland times desperately need...
Those who did attend said they were taking a needed break from writing papers and studying for finals, or that they were simply curious about the gathering...
...film, written and directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, may seem schematic in the retelling. But on the screen it is charged with curious ironies and the edgy energy of barely suppressed panic. Its temporarily grounded jet-setters may seem rather remote figures. But in the playing they aren't as sophisticated as they would like to seem; and as they paint themselves deeper and deeper into a corner, one cannot help relating to them. Debt -- especially debt run up in pursuit of pleasures beyond one's means -- is, after all, one of the central subjects of middle-class life...
Even more curious was the experience of free-lancer Gerri Hirshey, who wrote a 9,000-word article on Kelley for the Washington Post Magazine in 1988 without, despite repeated efforts, interviewing Kelley; she was too busy. While researching the story, however, Hirshey received a number of unsolicited letters, some unsigned, all postmarked from different parts of the country, most offering flattering tidbits about Kelley's childhood and professional life. Hirshey sent the notes to a former CIA forensics expert, along with samples of Kelley's business correspondence. The expert concluded that three of the letters had been typed...
...surprising number cried good riddance to the 40-acre Regent's Park facility, which was established by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1828 for the "introduction of curious subjects to the animal kingdom." Janet Fookes, head of Parliament's animal-rights committee, said closing the zoo would be a "major step forward for animal welfare," while Will Travers, director of the anti-zoo campaign Zoo Check, argued that "keeping animals in captivity for entertainment" could no longer be justified...