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...semi-classic flick. Timothy Bottoms, recently of “That’s My Bush,” goes to Harvard law school and meets troop after troop of ridiculous-if-you’ve-never-been here caricatures, including “Contracts Law” Professor Kingsfield and his beautiful daughter Susan, played by Wagner. He falls in love with the daughter and learns to tackle the demanding class, with constant humorous interludes involving Harvard weirdo-filled study groups. Although it sounds pretty dumb in theory, the strong performances create a strongly watchable law based adventure/love story...
...made comments to me specificallydenigrating students by name," says a currentteacher. "He said what was written was 'drivel.'He reminds me of the Kingsfield character in 'ThePaper Chase.' He doesn't respond to students...
Indeed, anyone wondering where the media-savvy satire of vintage Saturday Night Live has gone will be surprised to find that it has resurfaced on a children's show. In a sly takeoff of The Paper Chase, two of the show's regular cast members impersonate Professor Kingsfield and Martin Short's nerdy Ed Grimley character (they figure out whether $250 will be enough to buy all the lawbooks needed). The Samurai Mathematician (with bows to John Belushi) hacks boards into halves, thirds and fourths for a lesson in fractions. Humphrey Bogus and Bergrid Ingman star in an "edited...
Most law students say that the character of the intimidating Kingsfield, whom Osbourn claims is based on a composite of several of his law professors, no longer haunts the halls of the law school. Most professors don't teach in the Paper Chase manner of calling on people to answer questions in class, they...
...Kingsfield alleges that the school makes minds of mush into sharp legal minds, but the enterprise here is a good deal more modest," Cappuccirsays...