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...have a marital wrangle the scope of which matches the backdrop. But never mind this minimalism. Brooks (who directed Lost in America and co-wrote it with Monica Johnson) is a shrewd, deadpan observer of the secret life of middle-class Americans. He likes to bring their dreams of glorious escape to life, let them taste their new world, then watch them scurry back to the comfortable and familiar. His comedy would be cruel if Brooks were not so good at playing the victims he concocts: so pompously thrilled as he rationalizes their lurches off the beaten track, so bone...
Sensitive to accusations of unseemly opulence in menus for the 1981 Inauguration parties, committee heads, party bigwigs and savvy hostesses this time took vows of simplicity. "The word was out from the Inaugural committee that this is a people's Inauguration," said Dane Towell of Glorious Food, a catering firm based in New York City and Washington. "We were told to avoid too many obvious luxuries...
...with lobster, a classy variation on surf and turf, was created by Columbia Catering for several clients. The most intricate beef invention was presented at the birthday party for Carolyn Deaver, wife of outgoing Presidential Aide Michael Deaver, who is the Administration's gastronome-in-residence. Served in the Glorious Cafe in Georgetown, the roti de trois betes--roast of three "beasts"--had beef as its core, surrounded by veal, in turn ringed with boneless duck. Downed by the flu, Deaver missed the party. "He couldn't even bear to watch a peanut butter commercial on TV," his wife said...
...provides an exotic itinerary, a robust cast of opportunists and scoundrels, and a series of dangerous adventures and sexual escapades. Pyat's first stop on his flight from Bolshevism is Istanbul, a teeming cosmopolis of thieves and whores but also a site idealized as the bastion of a once glorious Christendom. From there, the grotesque innocent moves west through Rome, Paris, New York City and Hollywood...
...HEART OF the show, as everyone knows, is the glorious era of RKO and MGM musicals. Ray Bolger does the boasting for all the luminaries present: Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Cyd Charisse, Eleanor Powell, Donald O'Connor, Judy Garland. Among the MGM treats is Gene Kelly's original dance with Carol Haney, whose figure was later replaced by a cartoon figure for the animated classic Invitation to Dance. Kelly dances with garbage-can lids on his feet in It's Always Fair Weather and Donald O'Connor helps him make a shambles of a linguist's office...