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...ease, changed all that in a whirlwind few years (1940-44) at Paramount, where he auteured an incredible eight films--amazing in their quantity and quality. Seven of those comedies (all but The Miracle of Morgan's Creek) are amassed here as a reminder of how fast, reckless and smart movies can be. Sturges' social satire fizzes in The Great McGinty and Hail the Conquering Hero. But the pearl is The Lady Eve, with con artiste Barbara Stanwyck seducing naive Henry Fonda on the high seas and, just for fun, doing it again as a different woman on land...
...actor client, while keeping under wraps the fact that he "has a slight recurring case of homosexuality." Thus the groundwork is laid for a "trenchant satire about truth and illusion Hollywood-style" (in the words of the New York Times). But almost nothing in this play is smart enough for satire, or even makes much sense. The project the agent is seeking for the client she doesn't want outed is... a play about two gay lovers. (There's some twisted logic here, but don't ask.) The actor, meanwhile, is involved in a relationship with a waiflike rent...
...like idiots, that is. “We find that it’s funnier to be the pencil in the drawer that doesn’t quite have a point than it is to be the sharp pencil. It’s not much fun playing smart people,” said Levy. “There’s no movie if everyone is competent,” Guest added. “We have this informal contest where we look at each other’s characters and try to go lower...
...worked on just being smart and staying on my feet,” Harris says. “At least early in the season, in pickup or playing in practice, the majority of fouls come from jumping on pump fakes. So if I stay down and play smart, I think I can avoid major foul trouble...
...stop providing support and weapons to insurgents and militias; declares that most fundamental goals in Iraq were achieved, but the hope of democracy in Iraq is in the balance and only the Iraqis can determine that outcome; reminds the U.N. that lack of support for the peaceful option - smart sanctions - was doomed to failure when they were undermined by many in the audience; implicitly threatens that if nations contribute to instability and violence in Iraq, they would be considered enemies of the U.S.; warns not to mistake U.S. withdrawal for defeat, stating that any nation that exports violence and terrorism...