Word: satiricism
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Ingratiating Delirium. If this cockfight between the stars lends the movie its feisty appeal, its wholehearted trafficking in musical cliches imparts an air of ingratiating delirium. There are the usual lavish numbers-including a reproduction of a Billy Rose Aquacade -staged with a satiric glint by Director Herbert Ross (The...
And God remarks, "I fell guilty, I can't help it I am what I am." she shrugs. A female Jehovah in love with Satan is a reversal with more satiric point than many of the Romantics were able to suggest--one of LaZebnik's most inspired ideas. But except...
THE KIND OF movie Jaeckin envisioned demands convincing acting and a kind of consistency of intent missing here. If the actors seem aimless and uncertain of what and how much to express, perhaps it's because Jaeckin himself can't decide whether to be serious or satiric. There's a...
Warren Beatty, who produced Shampoo and took a strong hand in the script, appears as a satyric-if not entirely satiric-Beverly Hills hairdresser named George, whose specialty is a nifty cut and a fast bedding for selected clients. George has a lot of energy, most of it focused on...
Nicholas is the definitive antihero; he is also the definitive cliché. No wonder Fabre's life is a rubble of rejection slips. Unfortunately, the people who made Love at the Top have not demonstrated the same critical wisdom as Fabré's prospective publishers. They are swept...