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Word: harmlessness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...solos to express her love. He makes and loses a great pile of money, and eventually is rescued from drunken bumdom by his black parents, who are now rich from the money he has been sending home. The rube role works fairly well when Martin remembers to play a harmless nitwit of the Jerry Lewis variety. But that really is not his kind of humor. During most of this film he is way out of character (so is his rough language). He does not impersonate a rube or a lovable nitwit; his twitchy, leering mug is that of a loony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Cat Catcher | 1/21/1980 | See Source »

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