Word: soulful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Clara and Teddy keep in touch, soul mates if not literal ones, and she, ever busier and more independent, attaches talismanic significance to the emerald ring: "In it Ithiel's pledge was frozen." She loses it, grieves, collects the insurance and then finds it wedged under her bed. The next time it turns up missing, Clara knows it has been stolen...
...threat to his property values as if he were commanding a platoon in Nam -- with trusty telescope, walkie-talkie and a K ration of animal crackers. Another friend (Rick Ducommun) is your basic bully-wimp who goads Ray into all manner of illicit snooping. And Ray is the mild soul caught in the middle; with no special convictions, he mutates from a slightly curious homeowner to a horribly singed home wrecker. Hanks throws himself into this antiaudience movie with such suave energy that he seems determined to torpedo his hard-won rep as Hollywood's most comfortable new star...
...chill. They are emaciated from crack-cocaine binges, and their hair is wrapped in rags to hide patches where clumps have fallen out. Thomas sees them glance at the children draped carelessly on their hips, then down at the sidewalk. "A woman's eyes are a window to her soul," she says. "Those eyes tell you clear as day that they've blown their check on crack...
Most of the songs fail to get off the ground, with dull lyrics and unexceptional voices. Fancy footwork by the cast and snappy musical scores redeem a few numbers, such as "Police Don't Eat the Daisies" and "Soldier Soul"--the greatest twisting and shaking of the night...
Choreography by Karen Pisani Pastore is well-suited to the fumbling characters and their falsies. Swinging grenades and twisting necks make "Soldier Soul" the best revue of the night. A close second comes when the same characters, in baby blue and bright orange mountaineer outfits reminiscent of Heidi, perform the Ritzcracker ballet. Tess Tosterone's pliet and her son's leaps steal the show...