Word: escapist
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Still, Go Tell the Spartans is, within its limits, an earnest and honest little picture that goes against the escapist grain of movies at this moment. The gesture is probably as futile, commercially, as defending Muc Wa was militarily, but you have to applaud the bravery of the effort and issue some kind of citation to a film that, all told, celebrates unconsciously honorable conduct by individuals enlisted in a bad cause. And offers a lot of good acting in the supporting roles too. -Richard Schickel
Still, despite its obvious frothiness, Heaven Can Wait is a good escapist film, certainly a nice break from yet another wave of shock and disaster movies. While Beatty and company may not deliver Oscar-winning performances, they do provide something we all need a bit of now and then--good, old-fashioned...
SOMEWHERE IN THE second act, during a revival scene, a frightening thought occurred to me: could this be the apotheosis of American musical comedy? No, God no, of course not. And yet, on its own lightweight, escapist terms, Anything Goes is 100 per cent successful--from moment-to-moment as enjoyable, if ultimately nowhere near as satisfying, as any show in our musical repertoire. Makes you think. Poor Stephen Sondheim...
THERE ARE PEOPLE in this world who make a living out of stereotypes and labels. Many of us feel more secure about things when we can hang labels on them--preppie, jock, pre-med and so on. Many people pooh-pooh musicals by dubbing them escapist" and "silly." But Pippin, while providing a pleasant diversion from blizzards and bombastic politicos, stands out from cliched musicals with its own resilience. Much more than a fantasy, Pippin deals with a very central and poignant dilemma in our lives--our existence, and what the hell to do with...
Carl Bertoliho, a Boston magic shop owner and a close friend of Bigelow's says the escapist "eats, sleeps and breathes escapes." Bigelow's house in rural Massachusetts is filled with strange paraphernalia such as caskets, chains, manacles and torture chests. He even has a pet tarantula, that he hopes to work into his act someday. Apparently his wife and two children do not mind...