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Still confident that we'd find a mom-'n'-pop diner more indicative of the Southern lifestyle, we drove on. But our quest for the soul of Russellville ended at a gas station in the middle of town. Laughing at us, the attendant suggested one of the chains. Nothing else was open...
...film opens in Dallas, where Ruby (Danny Aiello) runs the Carousel Club, a burlesque bar. In need of a dancer, Ruby visits his usual haunt, the Greyhound depot diner, where he meets stripper-to-be Sheryl Ann Dujean (a blonde Sherilyn Fenn...
...Open All Night)," by Bob Krakower, approaches relationships from another stance: it emphasizes the chanciness of getting involved. The entire premise of looking for love at a diner in the wee hours of the morning is a bit hackneyed: "Sayin' hello is like taking life into your own hands, ya know...it scares me to death. "However, players like Vickie Hornobostel as the strongwilled "Woman" carry the script through its weaker moments...
NIGHTMARE CAFE (NBC, Fridays, 10 p.m. EST). At a supernatural all-night diner, passersby relive key events from their past. TV could certainly use a Twilight Zone for the '90s, but this tacky, poorly acted horror-fantasy series from Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street) will make no one forget Rod Serling...
Frankie (Victoria Wei) and Johnny (David Ardell), waitress and cook at the same diner, are two lonely souls attempting to connect. The plot of many plays about relationships depends upon increasing sexual tension. Instead, this one focuses upon post-sexual tension. After the initial consummation of their first date, the two lovers spend the rest of the night exploring what Johnny calls "the disparity of human relations." Johnny proposes marriage, while Frankie attempts to kick him out of her apartment. Witty humor punctuates the fluctuation between the anger and tenderness...