Word: satiricism
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The worst thing that can be said about this production is that it is uneven, a fault again largely due to the book, but nevertheless one which the directors seem to have been unable to overcome. They are at their strongest in the satiric scenes--"Little Tin Box" is terrific...
The movie was directed by Richard Lester, a film maker of satiric skill and carbolic wit unsurpassed in the contemporary English-speaking cinema (Petulia, The Bed Sitting Room and the recent Three Musketeers). Lester is also a superb stylist, and he has made Juggernaut into a cunningly engineered entertainment, full...
Lady Audley's Secret takes flight from the Victorian potboiler of the same name and soars into satiric absurdity, complete with off-key arias. Uneven but interesting. At the Wilbur.
Can a beautiful, innocent, honest girl from a small mining town in the Midwest find happiness as the President of the United States? That is the question to be answered by Linda Lovelace for President, the newest movie by the hardworking star of Deep Throat. To help the film along...
The towering Fred Gwynne '51 departs from the usual Falstaffian Sir Toby, and gives full rein to his wellknown comedic talents, whether goosing Maria, hiccuping or extracting hidden booze from unexpected places. He also proves himself, in his fight with Sebastian, to be a really first-rate fencer--which seems...