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...stand-up-comic sensation. A dream of all-American vacuity with his careful coif, phosphorescent white jacket and conventionally handsome features, Martin came on like a silly Robert Redford, a would-be stud not quite as gorgeous or with it as he thought he was−but lots funnier. When Martin turned to feature films (with The Jerk in 1979), the challenge was to transfer the soul of this character, this smart dumb guy, into the svelte body of a comic-movie hero. It has not always been a snug fit. In Pennies from Heaven he was gung...
...Rape of the Lock. By the end, he is chastely wooing a schoolgirl, while maddening his chums with lubricious tales of his "conquest." The pleasure of such stories lies in their refusal of violent climaxes. Exasperations, after all, last far longer than explosions, while survivors tend to be funnier than casualties, and often much sadder...
...ALSO a devastating book. Woodward has assembled a ghastly array of anecdotes that could keep a number of kids scared out of their wits about drugs for life. The escalating pressures of stardom, and the unceasing demands of fans and industry moguls to be continually funny, indeed funnier than the last time out, made Belushi a sick wreck. And in the toxic environment of the New York-Los Angeles axis, there was little, apparently, that family or friends could do to make this wreck stop from disintegrating...
...want happy students. If they're sitting around worrying, they can't read Dostoyevsky the way they should." The students seem to be getting into the spirit of things. HO, HO, reads a T shirt being sold by a group of undergraduates. THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IS FUNNIER THAN YOU THINK...
...space station, we really want Max to get down to earth. But it's a tease: Max never gets there and, in fact, just when he is finally earthbound, suitcase in hand, the credits start coming on. Android is a parody which needs to be a lot funnier--as it is, it comes off worse than the stuff it makes fun of. A sci-fi movie has to display more interesting sets or else has to have some outdoor shots--there's really nothing here that you couldn't see by browsing through Crate and Barrel and then cruising through...