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...wait. Seidelman has had the wit to cast that uncannily resourceful actor John Malkovich as both Jeff Peters, the mad -- well, anyway, crabby -- scientist who created Ulysses, and the mechanical marvel himself. The former is a ferocious misanthrope, misogynist and klutz; the latter is, naturally and logically, everything his master cannot hope to be. He moves, for example, not with the herky-jerky nervousness of his creator or a too cute movie robot. Instead, Malkovich invests him with a preternatural smoothness. His character is equally subtle. It may be based on the wise-child conventions on which the typical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Making Mr. Right | 4/13/1987 | See Source »

...Michigan State is going to have 100 pieces, so we'll have to actually outdo them in terms of cheers," says Mark Kaufman. "In terms of wit, it will be no problem...

Author: By Adam J. Epstein, | Title: Banding Together in Detroit | 3/26/1987 | See Source »

...With his wit under control, Dole faces the more serious test of outlining the priorities of a Dole Administration. So far, he has provided little more than a legislative shopping list of proposals for dealing with the deficit, trade and other matters. Even supporters suggest that Dole's immersion in the details of legislation has blocked the mental leap to a broad-gauge view of national leadership required of a presidential candidate. Says his political consultant David Keene: "Legislative experience teaches you to be tactical and think on an ad hoc basis. He's got to reach inside himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Portrait, Bob Dole:Survivor On the Track | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

...played with subtle wit by Adriane Stewart, holds tight to her sense of humor even though she's just had an abortion and, the dialogue implies, been raped. She all but steals the show as she mopes around the stage interjecting sarcastic comments under her breath. Lyra O. Barrera's Stas--a whore bent on hustling her way to a Hawaiian medical school--prances around in her underwear reading Scientific American out loud and advising Dusa and Fish to toughen...

Author: By Jocelyn L. Morin, | Title: Harvard Theater | 3/20/1987 | See Source »

...flamboyant, energetic private Gar tries to push his other self away from a painful past and into a future of endless possibilities. With his sarcastic and biting wit, he continually pokes fun at the people of Ballybeg, Ireland...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Theater | 3/13/1987 | See Source »

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