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...press conference last month, trendy indy film king Quentin Tarantino expressed his eagerness to "poke out the eye of the monster on Broadway." One wry onlooker commented, "I don't expect to see a one-eyed Frank Rich ['71] walking around anytime soon...
...Tarantino's tepid performance last Thursday is any indication, Mr. Rich need not fear for his eyes--although there's no guarantee he won't get beaten up in a restaurant by Quentin, who has been known to respond, er, violently to criticism...
...fellow actors don't appear to be gettingquite as big a kick out of it. Tarantino's verypresence on stage seems to put them--and theaudience--on edge. It isn't really Quentin'sfault--it's just that Wait Until Dark is aperiod piece, a clever, understand brew ofHitchcockian suspense and late-'60s protofeminism.It hearkens back to the good old days, when drugdealers carried knives, not guns, and when WestSide Story was still considered gritty...
Suddenly, in walks the chief avatar of thedesensitized '90s and POOF! the spell is broken.On press night, when Tarantino opened a closetdoor to reveal the body of one of his victims,some people actually laughed. And can you blamethem? I mean, this is Quentin Tarantino!They were probably expecting him to kill heron-stage and toss off a twisted one-liner beforeher body hit the floor. They were probablyexpecting him to actually shoot heroin, notjust talk about...
Knocking Off Quentin (FBR) -- At the Sundance Festival this year, the big questions: What's showing, good and not acquired...