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...Cage Aux Folles II, even fluffier than its predecessor, is a tiresome travesty of a film. At the outset, it resembles the original movie: Ennio Morricone's cheerily mellow Muzak score plays as Renato argues with Albin over one of his ("her") musical numbers. Once again, Michel Serrault as Albin, epitomizes all those ancient stereotypes about feminine flightiness and vanity--and once again, he walks the slender line between racy humor and misogyny. Ugo Tognazzi--with the wise restraint he displayed in the first film--underplays Renato, the patient husband who holds on to just a little...

Author: By Jacob V. Lamar, | Title: Happy Loving Couples | 3/13/1981 | See Source »

...whole have been more circumspect and slower to warm to friendly relations. The choice of Ben Elissar, 48, a close political ally of Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and a former high intelligence official, to be Israel's first Ambassador to Egypt seemed hardly reassuring at the outset. Eventually, however, Ben Elissar, with his trim pharaonic beard, became a familiar figure in Cairo. Gratified by the change, he observes: "An Israeli in Egypt is not considered today with the same curiosity I sensed a year ago, when people looked at you and seemed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Dancing an Uncertain Tango | 3/9/1981 | See Source »

...received more than 170 job offers. She separated them into three piles, which she labeled "Fascinating-I never thought of that before," "No way" and "Maybe." Of the companies that seriously interviewed her, Cunningham said: "They did not want to focus on the Bendix event except superficially, at the outset, to ask if I could leave it behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mary Cunningham Redux | 3/9/1981 | See Source »

...capitalizing on the opportunity to fulfill their long-awaited goal of maintaining the championship," coach Bernal said last night. In the process, they are turning in fine individual efforts, giving themselves the opportunity to see the materialization of the superior performances they began to aim for at the outset of the season...

Author: By Michelle D. Healy, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Swimmers Take Early Lead; Chappell Stars at Easterns | 3/6/1981 | See Source »

...performers admit from the outset that they provide nothing more than sheer entertainment, and as "a musical entertainment" the show is a great success. The first song promises "tragedy tomorrow, comedy tonight," and with that reassurance, the audience relaxes, relieved that it will be subjected to neither emotional conflict nor a plot that would demand their close concentration...

Author: By Sarah L. Mcvity, | Title: Fluffy But Filling | 3/5/1981 | See Source »

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