Word: vietnamized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There is all sorts of good news about Good Morning, Vietnam, in which these two semifictional figures meet and merge. The film is the best military comedy since M*A*S*H disbanded. The reason is that it is not afraid to work the extremes. Sometimes it is on the edge of hysteria. At others it can approach the fringe of sentiment. But wherever it stands, it is surefooted and strong- minded -- no easy laughs, no easy tears...
...skewed brains of two dozen apparitions. Among them: a meat-eating Mahatma Gandhi, Gomer Pyle with a case of VD, Elvis Presley drafted for Viet Nam, Wheel of Fortune's Pat Sajak and, of course, a singing hunchback. Here is Williams speaking about his role as Good Morning, Vietnam's gonzo deejay: "God, it can't get any more right than this! If this isn't the right part, then there's nothing. I'll be doing game shows. I'll be saying ((and here he imitates Sajak)), 'Show me the vowels!' I'll be playing third hunchback...
...Clark Gable:)), 'Frankly, my dear . . .' You just want to go ((and now he shifts into Lorre's metallic purr:)), 'My shirt! You dirtied my shirt!' " Williams needed to find a movie that dirtied his shirt, that liberated his pinwheeling raunch. Now he has. Goodbye, straight-man straitjacket. Good Morning, Vietnam...
Robin Williams shines in -- and talks about -- Good Morning, Vietnam, a comedy that unleashes its star' s gift for mimicry and satire...
...have a whole lot of funds to do with as we please. Why should we worry whether we spend the money on something that is 'necessary?' Were the pyramids 'necessary'? Was Vietnam 'necessary'? Were the rocks in front of the Science Center 'necessary'? Sometimes you just have to do something for the hell of it--kill some time, spend a few bucks...