Word: restful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...designed by an AT&T engineer who, having done his best for the world of telephone booths, decided to grace the world of theater; perhaps a troupe of leprechauns could work a dance number in there, but normal human beings have noticeable difficulties. The same holds true for the rest of the scenes: it is simply impossible to fit more than four people comfortably on that platform, which can only hurt a musical such as this, relying as it does on a large cast. Perhaps an extraordinary director and choreographer could have overcome these physical difficulties, but director Patty...
...central problem is finding a way to induce the bacterial cells to "express" the inserted foreign insulin genes. Researchers have to trick the cell into "reading" the added DNA along with the rest of its genes in order to translate its coded instructions for making insulin. And once the insulin is synthesized, the stage at which Gilbert's team is near, the researchers must smuggle the insulin safely out of the cell and isolate it in high quantity...
...special advisers to the show such as David Maybury-Lewis, professor of Anthropology, have put much time and effort into reproducing a cultural microcosm of an endangered tribe. The rituals and dances, the makeup and music, all conspire to take your mind off the surrounding baggage of the rest of the show...
...some incidental barroom scenes. In the expendable role of a has-been black wrestler, Frank McRae is a knockout. Though playing a slow-witted loser without money or friends, this actor retains a delicate sense of dignity. His two brief scenes carry more emotional weight than all the rest of Paradise Alley...
...turns out, he can be quite funny. There are some hilarious bits in which he fends off real and imagined enemies on New York's mean streets; his performance takes on a violent comic vitality that only rarely spreads to his direction and writing. Like the rest of the film, the star is at his worst when he lays on calculated doses of sentiment and sensitivity; at such times, Stallone seems more in touch with imagined demands of the box office than his own instincts. True, his sloppy side eventually buries the movie, but deep within Paradise Alley...