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...Mike Troy, 19, a stocky Indiana junior who is one of the safest favorites for a gold medal at Rome. In the 200-meter butterfly, he coolly knocked .2 sec. off his own world record by fluttering the four lengths of the pool...
...version is still a burlesque of the Greek myth about Helen's abduction from Sparta by the prince of Troy, with a few numbers added from other Offenbach scores, and some of the best songs from La Belle Helene...
...accent and mannerisms which have served him so well over the years (probably he is unable to give them up); but as a result, he is wildly miscast as a gentile, and out of key not only with La Belle Helene, but even with the bastardized Helen of Troy. Worse yet, he debases his authentic and endearing talent by screaming and carrying on. He is sometimes funny, but the attempt to use his Jewishness as a running gag works predictably badly...
...small galaxy called the Forkhandle country ... ox-eyed and unaware of the magnet her aureate flesh concealed." When the Paris of the piece starts tossing his good looks around, a range war results, friend kills vengeful friend, and fate contrives grim endings as it did before the walls of Troy...
...Troy...