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Despite the variety of topics, the familiar bond among all of these theses is the personal interests that they explore. Says thesis adviser Rob Moss, "The beauty of this [assignment] is that the students can pursue what they want to. They are absolutely free from commercial worries...
Dottie earns a name for herself on stage, attracting the notice of a hip Manhattan agent, Claudia Curtis, played by Carrie Fisher. Claudia is more than just any agent as she works for Arnold Moss (Dan Aykroyd), the agent of all the big name comedians in town. In a hilarious scene, Claudia and Moss watch Dottie on stage, and Moss is so mesmerized by her antics that he eats his paper napkin...
Even a visit to their mother in Las Vegas cannot stem the girls' growing resentment and pain at their mother's absence. To add to the turmoil, Erica and Opal discover their mother's burgeoning relationship with "the Moss," the term they use to derisively refer to their mother's agent...
Carrie Fisher superbly plays the role of the sophisticated and jaded Claudia. But even though Dottie tells the audience the two women have become fast friends, the movie offers no reason for such an affinity. Even Dottie's relationship with Arnold Moss comes out of nowhere and seems more like a thinly disguised device on the part of the scriptwriter to reveal the daughters' growing disapproval of their mother's new life...
...that a polka-dot wardrobe will be her trademark. She blithely uses material in her act from the life she shares with her daughters, teenage Erica (Samantha Mathis) and 10-year-old Opal (Gaby Hoffmann). And, not least of her sins, she falls in love with her agent, Arnold Moss (Dan Aykroyd), who nervously chews Kleenex. Gross...