Word: sandman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With the exception of Davis, his sidekick Sandman, who constantly interjects his dour-faced humor into the action, and Hines, the actors in Tap are not consistently believable. It is clear that most of them were chosen for their dancing skill and not for their dramatic talent...
...first watched it freshman year in highschool, but I really didn't start watching it muchuntil three years ago because several of myfriends did," said Sandman...
...recent night by a few technical bloopers--the lights went out at one point--and by the annoying feature of all Agassiz shows that are plagued by the close proximity of the theatre's door to the stage itself. Inexplicably, a rendition of the jazz hit "Mr. Sandman" sung with real charm by Fiona Anderson '88, Anne Preven '86 and Belle Linda Halpern '85, dissolved into laughter...
...keep the plot nice and confused, Coppola has composed a parallel sub-story starring Sandman Williams (Gregory Hines) a tap dancer at the club, who also falls in love with a showgirl William's beloved. Lila Rose Oliver (Lonette Mckee), is stuck in racial limbo, because she can pass as both a white and a black woman, threatening her relationship with the Sandman...
...actors worst enemy. The dialogue is reminiscent of old gangster films in the worst sense, particularly surprising coming from the man who made films like "The Godfather." Coppola and his cohorts provide almost no basis for the romantic entanglements that we are expected to believe. The Sandman falls in love with the lovely, leggy Lila Rose when he first sees her. "Will you marry me?" he asks impulsively. This one, searing sentence is the only expression of the couple's love...