Word: vigorously
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Being There is not flawless, however. Jack Warden was cast terribly as the president and several of his scenes in bed with the first lady lack the precise timing and vigor that MacLaine and Sellers bring to their roles. Kosinski has also padded the script with the geneses of several subplots and characters that he leaves hanging forever, an annoying trait that does not occur in his novels, in which all loose ends are cleverly macramaed by the last page. Like Kosinski's novels, however, the film playfully and insightfully taunts our plodding culture at the same time it entertains...