Word: laughed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Kramer vs. Kramer is slick, almost contrived. The script manipulates at times. Every scene ends with a big laugh or a big cry. Benton edited the film perfectly and an hour and a half passes without notice. But his style is somehow out of synch with his subject. The rough edges that are an essential part of Ted and Joanna's break-up are masked inthe smooth flow...
...general manager, Mrs. Rosenbloom is busy overseeing the team's move next season from the Coliseum to Anaheim, 30 miles to the south. No one doubts she is in charge. Says she: "I don't give up; I'm very stubborn. I wish I could laugh at myself at times like this, but I can't. I am just so darned determined...
...Listen," the unnamed source interrupted confidentially, verbally putting his arm around my shoulder, "I worked for the New York Daily Mirror for thirty years,...and I still laugh at the newspapers...
January 11: I have run my program. It definitely doesn't work. I show the contorted output to my friends. They laugh. I am not laughing. I am calling my section man again. What can I tell him? I just don't know what to do. So I say "I honestly don't know what to do to fix this thing." He is flustered for a second before having an epiphany and figuring out how to explain...
...verbal repertoire consists only of mild pleasantries, polite chuckles and vague homilies about gardening. Sellers' gestures are so specific and consistent that Chance never becomes clownish or arch. He is convincing enough to make the film's fantastic premise credible; yet he manages to get every laugh...