Word: witnesses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...thereafter be made available to students only. But in 1985 the Maryland Attorney General ruled the restriction not legally binding. Mencken would probably have put down controversy over the diaries to what he called "the virulence of the national appetite for bogus revelation." But admirers of Mencken's wit may now find it harder to laugh with...
...film's admirable trick is to shift the balance without opting for heroes and villains. Kevin Dillon, as Lucy's boyfriend, lists toward the loutish, but he's no jerk. And Masterson's fine, grace-noted performance is like the film: full of wit, skepticism and hope for compromises that won't ruin lives. This is a serious comedy that locates wry smiles in everyone's burdens and opportunities. The tears come...
Lampoonery: Editors of the Harvard Lampoon were practically oozing their characteristic wit this week after guests at one of their weekly parties decided to get off by throwing lighted fireworks into traffic on Mt. Auburn St. Saturday night...
Besides maintaining the audience's attention with their scenic variety, these segments contribute to the movie's understated wit. One moment the Spectors let Lucy and Sam, the teenagers, borrow their car. Michael says to his wife, "Admit it--your most paranoid fantasy--they run off with the baby and the car, only stopping long enough to rip off a few convenience stores, and we end up on Geraldo as the most gullible people in America." The next moment the kids return, and the Spectors pretend they never worried...
Baker Boys is a spiritual heir of the typical romantic comedies of the 1940s--lots of music and wit--but with an '80s edge that at times seems to cut the viewer unfairly...