Word: humorously
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...show's most deyastating fault is its length. It runs almost three hours if you include the fifteen minute intermission. This would be excusable if the pace were faster and the humor more sophisticated, but the show drags horribly through long sections of both acts...
...sabotage a potentially enjoyable show. One can only hope that Lake and company will take the show back to the drawing board, eliminate the existentialism and the about an hour's worth of running time, rework the songs so they relate to the action, and trust more of the humor to Lewis Carroll. Student-written productions aren't expected to be masterpieces, but this one has killing flaws. Perhaps if it were revised it could be the entertaining show that it tries to be. As it is, however, Looking Glass will appeal only to a very forgiving audience...
Monty Python cackles on the tube and Michael Smith from Leicester, England cracks up as he takes in his nightly dose of British humor (or humour as they say over there) like an addict in a methadone clinic. No one else in the room gets the joke...
Andy Borowitz '80 brought Prince's show to the Agassiz Theater, and shortened the title to Superman, updating and adding to the humor of the original...
Allen has succeeded as a comedian because he understands people's serious motivations. Interiors errs on the side of diligence--he tried too hard to stifle the humor, to create an "art film." But for all that, it is worth seeing. In the context of his career, Allen's debut on the serious screen was a credible effort, distinguished by solid acting and an ambitious conception. If Allen's neurotic energy drives him to keep working on serious movies, Interiors should prove to have been a good investment...