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JIMMY SHINE is like a book in which the text has been thrown away and the footnotes published. Playwright Murray Schis-gal is fortunate to have Dustin Hoffman's ingratiating stage personality working for him as the luckless born loser, stumbling through episodes from his past, present and fantasy lives...
JIMMY SHINE is an attempt at an inner journey by Playwright Murray Schisgal. The trouble is that the trip leads to nowhere. Jimmy Shine is a transparent character. What makes him a winning loser is Dustin Hoffman's bravura performance. Hoffman takes thimblefuls of humor, absurdity, poignance, honesty, desire and passion and drains them as if they were foaming goblets of dramatic life...
JIMMY SHINE is an attempt at an inner journey by Author Murray Schisgal. The trouble is that it doesn't go anywhere. Jimmy Shine is a transparent character; to see him once is to know him totally. What makes him a winning loser is Dustin Hoffman's bravura performance. Hoffman takes thimblefuls of humor, absurdity, poignance, honesty, desire and passion and drains them as if they were foaming crystal goblets of dramatic life...
Jimmy Shine--A very slight sketch by Murray Schisgal made quite pleasant by Dustin Hoffman's performance in the title role and some songs by John Sebastian. At the BROOKS ATKINSON, W. 47th...
...Henry A. Murray, professor of Clinical Psychology, emeritus, who had White as a student, said that White has been noted for his sense of humor--he does musical caricatures at the piano of other members of the department. Describing White's books, Murray quoted a former student as saying that "even the footnotes are human...