Word: joking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nonetheless, Muscovites approached by Western journalists guardedly expressed regret and, at times, disbelief. "Come on, it's a capitalist joke," said one to a Western correspondent who phoned with the news...
...compromised by stripping to their underwear. The scene then went off without a hitch-or in some cases a stitch. Walters had no trouble summoning the laughter called for by the script. The naked truth: the Equity official was really an actor friend helping her pull off a naughty joke...
...Intravenus de Milo and The Sun Never Sweats. Until recently, the only way a fan could hear them was by buying a ticket to This Is Spinal Tap, a mock rockumentary that chronicles the exploits of a fictitious heavy-metal band. The group called Spinal Tap was only a joke, created for the film by Director Rob (All in the Family) Reiner, 39, and its three main members, played by Writer-Comedians Harry Shearer, 40, Christopher Guest, 36, and Michael McKean, 36. The movie has been such a stomping success, however, that the boys have decided to take their...
...roles, a dusting of philosophy and a big dollop of dancing. Virtually every word of dialogue MacLaine speaks is about herself, and that is just as she intends it: "Philosophically, celebrating myself is what I am into." Apart from her one-liners, there is one highly effective if overlong joke: she sings a Harold Arlen medley while the conductor and orchestra, supposedly influenced by the ghosts of George and Ira Gershwin, for whom the theater is named, keep bursting in with Gershwin themes. MacLaine manages to find a wistful, slightly torchy quality in one unlikely number, If I Only...
...disagreed over Shirley's outspoken depiction in her books of family matters-including their father's drinking and his views on race-that Warren feels may be misrepresented and better left unsaid. According to a friend, Shirley also outraged Warren a few years ago by making a joke about his love life on the Oscar telecast. They admire each other's work, though hints of what sounds like rivalry slip in. MacLaine says she often acted more like an older brother than a sister. Beatty chuckles. Says he: "I'm not going to run with that...