Word: duet
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rudely awoken by colleague and rival (and, inexplicably, object of his desire), the ghastly Prudence Tomb (Martha Coffin). Rabid purveyor of the go rich-quick-after-B-School American Drench, Martha, ever the killjoy, nags at Ernest to do his reading between intermittent snatches of an idiotic love duet. Just as we begin to feel at home, the Devil appears once again, in a new guise, armed with a repertoire of tired Harvard Jokes, after enough references to "666" to exasperate even the most cretinous. He cajoles and coerces Ernest into agreeing to attend an interview with his "firm" Watch...
...female tapper ever who, because of her less-than-mediocre acting, never enjoyed the popular fame her footwork deserved. On the floor, she is simply astonishing. Another inclusion oft-neglected elsewhere is the Nicholas Brothers' rubber-legged vaudeville routine from Down Argentine Way. Shirley Temple shares a charming tap duet with the original "Mr. Bojangles," influential but rarely filmed Bill Robinson...
...home computer. And the electronic age gets its very own romantic comedy. Miles (Lenny Von Dohlen) is a nebbishy architect with a pretty cellist (Virginia Madsen) living upstairs. One day Miles' computer, Edgar, hears Madeline playing. It is love at first byte. The machine composes a romantic duet, the two "neighbors" make beautiful music together, and Madeline assumes Miles is the tune's author. This is a gently schizophrenic movie: Rusty Lemorande's script is as mild as Miles; the direction, by MTV Whiz Steve Barren (Billie Jean), often percolates as busily as Edgar in high dudgeon...
...world's most famous entertainer, but Michael Jackson, 25, is hardly the outgoing type. Nevertheless, the usually reclusive superstar had a downright gregarious week as he slipped into New York City, where he recorded a duet called State of Shock with Rolling Stone Mick Jagger, 40, for a new album expected out next month. During his stay in the Big Apple he showed up backstage after taking in Shirley MacLaine's Broadway hit. Then it was off to Washington, where he checked into the Four Seasons Hotel virtually unnoticed, until he asked the management to install...
...atmosphere of stark eloquence in Brien Vahey's set and in Marc B. Weiss's subtle lighting. Only Bannen lets down the side. He is an intelligent actor, but he never finds the fire in the ashes of his character. What should have been a duet is, as a result, too often an aria. But perfectly sung...