Word: meryll
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Greatest Hits. (He hits on liberalism, environmentalism, Hollywood, and for old time's sake he hits on Mikhail Gorbachev.) He has an audiocassette of the book -- the ideal way to get through the tome, since Rush not only abridges the text but provides comedy sound effects (dolphin noises, Meryl Streep impressions and a frog slurp). He has the Limbaugh Letter, a monthly compendium "dedicated to preserving my wisdom for the ages" and "printed on nonrecycled paper." He has T shirts, mugs, bumper stickers. In salesmanship as in showmanship, he's a winner...
Among his inspirations, Damon cites Marlon Brando, who he calls "a genius. There's no other way to put it. He's the best actor I've ever seen." Other greats are Meryl Streep. Al Pacino, Robert DeNiro and Alec Baldwin. He would "love to work with any of these actors...
That mouth, impish or hellacious, is where Whoopi Goldberg goes one up on the world. Twist it, she's a funny little troll. Smile like the Queen of Sheba, she is the Queen of Sheba, a knee-weakening beauty (don't doubt it; like Meryl Streep, who's also less than a stunner, Whoopi can play beauty). Shove out her jaw, she's a bad-mouth male junkie -- yeah, name's Fontaine, attitude's his game, what's your problem? Flash that 82-toothed thousand- watter, time to watch your wallet. Smile shyly, she's a little kid, you want...
...Meryl Streep can't quite save Death Becomes...
...about an hour -- while Streep is doing her nonpareil wicked-witch routine -- you can have a good, mean time at this movie, in synch with the cartoonish comedy (Meryl tumbling down a staircase that has about 359 steps) and elaborate special effects (Is that a hole in Goldie's stomach or has she really slimmed down?). All this is swell. Farce, after all, should never be politically correct...