Word: roosters
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...Pudge, Butch, Rooster, Yaz, and Boomer...
...Prince's (West Side Story, Cabaret, Fiddler on the Roof) making his debut as an operatic director. He is a master of illusion. There is a scene of villagers applauding a fire-eater that visually recalls Bruegel, a ridiculous pas de deux between the queen and a giant rooster. In a final Princely touch, darkness envelops the opera house. Then the spotlight focuses on the demon Ashmedai, who is smiling down from a box in the theater; it is a visual grace note that will outlast anything the audience has heard...
...ROOSTER COGBURN...
...have at one another on the screen. The dread derived from knowledge that they would be doing a mere sequel (to True Grit) and that producers have a habit of resting on their packages, not bothering to turn them into movies that would interest us on their own merits. Rooster Cogburn is not as bad as it might have been. It is just not as good as it quite easily could have been. Hepburn is doing her doughty spinster turn, than which there is none finer, and Wayne is doing his crotchety old reprobate number, than which ditto. They meet...
...what may be a once-in-a-lifetime pairing. If no one appears much interested in helping them to be their very best, it can be said that no one gets in their way either. That should be reason enough for older view ers to take a flyer on Rooster. And rea son enough to take the kids along, if you were planning a trip to Mount Rushmore...