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...that. They could pass delightful days discussing the netherworld of basketball arenas, talking of crowd control, relish, ramps. Or would it be better to start life over again with the lady cop in the subway? She looked mighty fetching in blue. A life of summonses and judo. Or the solemn woman at the rent-a-car counter? A prospect of long nights spent writing their initials inside little circles. The cashier at the A&P? The jogger with the Westie? The Captain confesses that he is much taken with that lanky public defender on TV, the one who never smiles...
Even though the two leading Republican contenders were well known when the race began, they have already buried several important myths by the side of the campaign trail. After two months of nasty wisecracks about Bush's privileged background, it is hard to remember all the solemn discussions of the "new" Bob Dole, a man whose rapier wit allegedly had been sheathed by marriage and maturity. In truth, there is nothing like a new Dole; there remains a cutting edge, even a mean streak, to much of his humor. But there are healthy signs that he can direct the barbs...
...though when he feels the need to, Rather can play respectful). But Brokaw can be fast on his feet, and was well prepared. His usual interviewing style, honed in years of showbiz chatter on the Today show, is to be friendly, ingratiating, nonthreatening. In Moscow, Brokaw was so uncharacteristically solemn that he sometimes covered his mouth as if determined not to grin back at Gorbachev's smiles. Brokaw's behavior was remarkably self-effacing, and for the occasion quite appropriate. It was a welcome relief from those television news performers who through hyperconfidence or gall treat everyone they face...
...hour is as stiff and controlled as Margaret. House wears the self-conscious artiness of its images and characters like a badge, and Mamet's dialogue sounds impossibly stilted. The scenes between Crouse and her patients demonstrate that no one would ever tell this woman anything. Everything is terribly solemn and Bergman-esque...
Ignore this considerable defect, and you can take solemn pleasure in Director Martin Ritt's familiar craftsmanship. You can enjoy the strong performance by Richard Dreyfuss (as Claudia's public and private defender). You may even smile at Streisand's straining to create another movie metaphor for her own fettered Hollywood eminence. Claudia, like Yentl before her, is a smart, sexy woman whose place of respect the boys in power want to deny. Streisand, who has both power and respect, might be advised to use that leverage on a project less conventional and complacent than this very mixed Nuts...