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Sally herself, played by Natasha Richardson, is older, more wasted, less the perky-quirky charmer played by Liza Minnelli in the 1972 movie. Richardson (The Handmaid's Tale onscreen; Anna Christie onstage; Vanessa Redgrave's daughter in real life) doesn't belt out the Kander and Ebb numbers a la Liza; she acts them. The climactic title song, most startlingly, is no longer a triumphant anthem. Richardson clutches the microphone and grits through the lyrics ("Start by admitting/ From cradle to tomb/ Isn't that long a stay"), shouting her defiance even as she struggles to keep from flying apart...
QUESTION: Compared with other generations of British actors, has the '60s generation of actors (Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Alan Bates, Michael Caine, Glenda Jackson, Sean Connery, Vanessa Redgrave) been slighted in the awarding of knighthoods...
Numerous columnists have written that without the services of All-American forwards Kristin Folkl and Vanessa Nygaard, Stanford was doomed before the start of the game. Harvard just happened to be in the right place at the right time--how else could one explain Stanford losing to "Harvard and little Suzie Miller" as one writer...
Stanford clearly missed the inside presence of junior All-American Kristin Folkl and the outside threat of senior All-American Vanessa Nygaard, both of whom were sidelined by knee injuries. Nygaard and Folkl entered the game averaging a combined 14.2 rebounds per game, but the Crimson badly outre-bounded the Cardinal in the first half, 22-12. The final rebound tally was 41-37 in Harvard's favor...
...American Olympia Scott--playing in herfinal collegiate game--turned in an 18-point,eight-rebound effort for the Cardinal, who waswithout the services of All-Americans KristinFolkl and Vanessa Nygaard, both sidelined withtorn knee ligaments. Junior Regan Freuen added 19points and six assists in the losing cause...