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...devolving into Wooster or a starched headmistress is, in itself, enough to supply a right humorous air to the scene. The second act is more of this good stuff: a friendly poke at beastly aunts, a discourse on the proper waistcoat, and a drunken tirade shouted by a lovesick newt-fancier at a public school awards ceremony. The whole thing comes to a good old-fashioned musical finish with a bit of tap-dance and "Sonny...
...Queen switches hats, he keeps each fresh and chirpy. Duke has simply enormous energy as he cavorts about the stage. His timing lags a bit when he assumes a Jeevesian demeanor, but his Wooster is quite rummy, a perfectly charming chump, and his portrayal of Gussie Fink-Nottle, the newt-lover, is rather amphibious...
...should see this spectacle, you ask? Newt-lovers, Anglophiles, theatre-niks, comedy fanatics and Wodehouse appreciators should make haste to the Pudding. Marxists, avante-gardists, aunts, and fans of the Three Stooges should flock in the opposite direction. This is not the most cerebral stuff, but then who came here to think...
...Agency for International Development in Washington in 1981. Rich, well bred and painstakingly polite, Du Pont hopes to coast in on the President's popularity in the conservative state. She has been coached on tax cuts and the balanced-budget amendment by G.O.P. Supply-Siders Jack Kemp and Newt Gingrich...
...House members such as Kemp, Trent Lott and Newt Gingrich] controlled the platform but do not control anything in Congress. Unfortunately, they are a minority in the House. We have a little different view in the Senate because we are in the majority. We have to be totally responsible from time to time. Now, if you are in the minority, that is when you can put out a lot of newsletters and say "I'm for lower taxes" and "I'm not going to worry about spending or the deficit" and "We're going to bash Paul...