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...classic handiwork. The man who made stars -- and conquests -- of such leading ladies as Bardot, Catherine Deneuve and Jane Fonda has just finished an identically titled 1980s version that is the "same idea," he says, but the "heroine is different." Juliette, the saucy French hedonist, has become Robin Shay, an aspiring American musician. She "believes in her freedom over everything," says Rebecca De Mornay, 24, who plays the part. "And she's afraid of the intimacy that goes with having a loving man." Explains Vadim, 59: "Brigitte played an instinctive, sensuous woman, and she was doing things that...
...Dunne is a masterly setter of scenes and a merciless satirist, whether the target is an incontinent captain of industry or a criminal who has been packaged as a black revolutionary and needs an investment adviser: "The Merc and I were thinking more along the lines of Ornstein and Shay. Tax specialists . . . Estate planning. Top litigators. On the civil side, of course...
Although a few undergraduates have ventured to Shay's and enjoyed it, the bar's excessively cerebral image puts off the less artistically-oriented. John O'Brien '88 says, "You need to be wearing a turtleneck...
...Shay's is trying to change its image. "We're going to concentrate on a more party-type atmosphere as opposed to the quiet wine bar," says Tricia, standing in front of a floor-to-ceiling wine rack. "We've been featuring 16-ounce beers and turning the music up to attract more undergraduates...
Meanwhile, on Dunster Street across the street from The Garage, the Cafe La Ruche holds its place as the cafe equivalent to Shay's. According to Mauve, the cafe's sales assistant, La Ruche features a variety of coffees, homemade soups, breads, pastries, health foods, as well as a relaxing atmosphere and quiet music. "We get mainly locals, passers-by, and weekend shoppers," she says, while serving a bottle of Perrier to a waiting customer. "A lot of people sit down for a half hour, drink coffee read, and kill time," Mauve adds...