Word: sendup
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sprinkle a generous supply of topical gags (the Reagan joke is balanced by a Jimmy Carter joke) and adolescent sex jokes (the heroine, played by Lucy Gutteridge, informs Nick that her name, Hillary, means "she whose bosoms defy gravity") over a dizzying succession of generic spoofs. Beyond the basic sendup, which is of World War II-vintage spy movies, they work in parodies of Bond-style adventures and beach-blanket and malt-shop rock-'n'-roll musicals. Omar Sharif is the veteran star recruited to mock his image and collect the good-sport award from audiences. The dictum...
...average about Shields, 18, as the media flocked to cover her college stage debut last week in Princeton University's 95th annual Triangle Club student revue. Revel Without a Pause features the comely coed in five short skits, including a musical number with a tune called Spiller, a sendup of Michael Jackson's Thriller. Who knows, with luck and hard work Shields may eventually get the lead in a Princeton drama-club production. How about an adaptation of The Blue Lagoon...
...taking itself seriously, Starstruck makes the current gult of new wave films look positively silly. From the stumbling lines and stagy acting of the Clash's Rude Boy to the slick but soulless Smithereens, the punk "message" film takes a deserved beating at the hands of its sendup. Having reached the likes of "Quincy," "60 Minutes" and Hollywood, New Wave is old hat, and somebody ought to be laughing...