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...group that really did transcend the script was the chorus of pompous Peers. In a swirl of top hats and colorful capes, they strut and sniff hilariously, snubbing the audience with a chorus of "bow, bow, thou lower middle classes, tradesmen, masses...
Prince carries the creativity of the direction of the vignettes to the stage. The film highlights the interplay between the backup singers as they do a madcap strut across the stage or act out a street game of craps, something which might have otherwise been lost on the viewer...
Finally, justifiably famous alum Braden, who took time out of his no doubt busy schedule of playing sax behind world-famous jazz artists, got to strut his stuff on Miles Davis' "Seven Steps to Heaven." After his usual humorous sermonette on the nature of jazz improvisation, and the explanation "I'm tryin' to make something nice," he launched into an improv stunning in its dexterity and almost symphonic development...
...warm breeze that comes off the sea at night. In contrast to the gray functionalism of other Communist countries, Cuba is, after all, a decidedly Caribbean island of gaiety and light. On balmy nights, the sound of rumbas pulses through Coppelia, the central park, where brightly dressed teenagers strut around in love or else in search of it. On a brilliant Sunday afternoon in spacious Lenin Park, a steel band lays down a lilting beat and khaki- uniformed officials wave their caps in time to the music. Yet beneath the infectious island rhythms, there is a sad, steady whisper...
...partly because the movie begs for poignance like an orphaned puppy, partly because modern plastic surgery makes the plot anachronistic, partly because, even with his Cyranose, C.D. is a darned sight more attractive than his beefy rival. Aaaahh, who cares, as long as Steve Martin gets a chance to strut his physical grace, wrap his mouth around clever dialogue, clamber up to rooftops like a Tarzan of the Northwest, give new life to the old-fashioned nobility of the love letter, and drink wine through his nose? "Party trick," he shrugs. It's a neat trick, being Steve Martin...