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...SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE. Lily Tomlin's solo sketches, a 1985 Broadway hit, are still poignant and, if anything, funnier. In Detroit through Dec. 24, and on tour through March...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Dec. 26, 1988 | 12/26/1988 | See Source »

...Drink the Water might be much funnier if it were presented as a character-based comedy, though such comedy requires a degree of character development that the Dunster House cast seems unable to deliver. Still, Don't Drink the Water does have a few acting highlights. Andrew Osborne makes a wonderful Sultan, though his stay on stage is unfortunately brief. Wesson obviously received extensive training at the George C. Scott Acting School to perfect his gruff portrayal of Ambassador Magee. And Suzanne Rose gives a diverting performance as the embassy chef, though her accent seems to waver somewhere between Italian...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Ugly Americans | 12/9/1988 | See Source »

THIS musical is much funnier than the diluted 1986 film based on it and about as funny as the B-grade 1960 horror flick it's based on. Little Shop of Horrors is as much a satire on the early 1960s as a gruesome tale of a carnivorous plant...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stage Door | 12/2/1988 | See Source »

...People are funnier when they're cruel," Norman said. "Humor is a very subjective thing." But she said she would consider the suggestions...

Author: By Kelly D. Eckel, | Title: Professors Angered By CUE Guide Quotations | 10/28/1988 | See Source »

Yeah, the film could be a lot funnier. Few of the jokes have anything to do with the situation. Most are sight gags and double entendres, and a lot have to do with Elvira's cleavage. Though this sort of humor is usually enough to carry her TV show, it is not enough to carry a feature-length film...

Author: By Gary L. Susman, | Title: Wicked Good Fun | 9/30/1988 | See Source »

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