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Sandler, though quite good, is mildly decent compared to the stellar cast around him. Tea Leoni pulls off an incredible feat: the Deborah Clasky character is manic, egotistical, with absolutely no redeemable qualities yet somehow she brings a warmth and humanity to the character—you don’t hate her at the end of the movie. Vega, star of Spanish hits Sex Y Lucia and Talk to Her, stubbornly refuses to make Flor a type character, replacing the ignorant, meek characteristics of the non-English speaking servant with nobility and confidence...
...with the perfect cleft in it ... his thick, thatchy light brown hair ... those brilliant hazel eyes ... his! Right there in the mirror--him!" To read it is to feel both the dizzy joy of intoxication and the impending hangover, not through anything Wolfe tells us but from the altered, manic rhythms of the prose alone...
...Secret,” a lyrically weak song sung to a thumping bass beat—with all of the workings of popular house music. Of the various remixes, the “Gay Robot” track remains the favorite for DJs to throw against manic dance beats. The consensus among clubgoers seems to be that not only is it funny to listen to an actor portray a suggestive robot, but it’s even more enjoyable to find yourself bopping around on a dance floor to a lame propagation of the stereotypes attached to gay males today...
...show's loss is also its gain, because rushing to the rescue is the acclaimed Nathan Lane, who originated the role of Max on Broadway, and will replace Dreyfuss for three months. (The good news: based on the first preview, Lane's fabulously manic, archly knowing interpretation is intact.) After his stint, Lane will leave to shoot the movie version of The Producers. The cast has already felt the difference. Says leading lady Leigh Zimmerman, "We've all been ready to move up a gear for a couple of weeks but couldn't. Now with the fire Nathan brings...
...issue three concerns Sarah, who decides to sign up for a camping tour of northern Mexico to get away from some unnamed misery at home. Early in the trip she bonds with another woman, Helena, who seems as troubled as she. But as the trip progresses, Helena becomes increasingly manic and psychotic, forcing Sarah and the tour guides to figure out how to manage Helena back to the States before she gets arrested and thrown into a Mexican mental hospital. During this ordeal, Sarah discovers a part of herself that she didn't know was there. A dramatic, moving...