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Comden & Green, it shouldn't be forgot, were once the bright young sophisticates of Broadway, and sophistication, even when faded with age, simply doesn't become the innocence of a blatantly naive confection like No, No Nanette. Sophistication ages far less gracefully. As writer-performers, Comden and Green have long since been overshadowed by teams like Nichols and May, as lyricists they're a long, long way from the current sophistication of a Stephen Sondheim. Twenty-seven years later, much of the humor of On the Town comes across as simply dumb. Here and there a nice try, perhaps...
...human needs lead to confusion and tragedy. When Lesser tells him that his writing lacks form, Spearmint furiously rejects the criticism as an attack on black art. When Lesser says that he and Irene have fallen in love, Spearmint assaults a flaking wall with his head and moans, "I forgot to go on hating you." Later he burns Lesser's unfinished manuscript and writes graffiti with its ashes...
...village if he performed marriage ceremonies. "Yes," said the mayor. "Well," said Khrushchev, "how does the ceremony go?" "You mean," said His Honor, "that you want me to read it now?" "Yes," said Khrushchev, and then, taking his wife's hand, he exchanged vows with her. Touched, Nina forgot that she was cross, and when the mayor intoned, "Do you take this man . . ." she lowered her eyes and said...
...easy to understand why the bums sleep all day on the Boston Common," said Huszar. "You just get so tired that it's hard to keep looking for work. I don't think I could cope with it myself. I think it would destroy me. Sometimes I forgot for a second that I was getting out Sunday, and it hit me like a punch in the stomach to think of being trapped like this...
...plain tents. For a fee that ranges from $4 to $6, depending on the size of lot, a family can pretend it is camping out while still enjoying the delights of suburbia. Television addicts can plug in their sets, Jacuzzi fans can return to the swirl, and if Mom forgot her hot pants back in San Berdoo, she can replace them at Campland's own boutique...