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...SOMETHING is funny, it remains funny," Howie Mandel said in a recent interview. This dubious idea seems to be the philosophy behind Mandel's new movie, Walk Like a Man. This slapstick comedy repeats the same sight gags over and over, assuming that they will be funny each time. Actually, the movie is just one extended joke that is supposed to be funny for a full 90 minutes...
That joke is the idea of a man who thinks he is a dog. During a North woods blizzard, jealous Reggie Shand (Christopher Lloyd) literally left his infant brother Robert to the wolves. Now, 30 years later, Penny (Amy Steel), a pretty young scientist, discovers "Bobo" (Mandel), whom the wolves have raised as one of their own. She returns Bobo to the Shand household, thwarting Reggie's plan to appropriate his brother's inheritance, now that he has squandered his own. Penny spends the rest of the movie trying to teach Bobo to act like a person, while Reggie tries...
This one joke seems a rather flimsy premise for an entire movie. Mandel does make a convincing dog, though he is more a playful puppy than an adult wolf. He runs around on all fours, barks and growls, licks people's faces, chases fire trucks and cats, and eats without using his paws--er, his hands. These often disgusting canine antics are funny at first but become tedious quickly. Mandel's performance is physically impressive but only occasionally funny...
While concern over computer security has garnered headlines in recent . weeks, veteran users tend to take the matter in stride. "There is no such thing as privacy on a computer," says Thomas Mandel, an analyst at SRI and a regular on several Silicon Valley computer networks. "The view here is that if you don't want something read, don't put it on the system...
Preceptor in Russian Liubov Mandel, a Soviet emigree, called the series' premise a "useful idea," adding that she believes many Americans forget the danger of Soviet invasion. She said she found the depiction of the Soviet occupation deceptively appealing. "Under totalitarianism, it is not only terrible--it is also deadly boring," she said...