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...Columbia). Even minus the diversionary bounce of Mike Nichols' sight gags, Murray Schisgal's comedy packs a satirically impressive bite...
...fierce but loses much of its bite toward the end when Director Morassi begins to moralize, using cinematic italics merely to emphasize that a poor honest slob is better off than a well-fixed heel. By the time Giulio has learned how to succeed, he is jobless, friendless, wifeless and miserably rich. It is left to Gassman to give the film lightness and laceration. He is the compleat climber, abristle with tight-smiling assurance and an air of faintly desperate camaraderie that makes Il Successo's trumped-up sociology seem like the whole truth...
These are fearsome warnings and, fortunately, Jaguaribe's bark is worse than his bite. His good-natured pragmatism allows him to appreciate more than one point of view. He smiles, even after his most militant pronouncements. "I realize your country's concern for national interest," he says simply, "You have helped us greatly. We should be grateful for what you have done--and we are grateful...
...handicappers take heart! Don't yawn with ennui as drive after drive soars 275 yds. down the middle of the fairway. Don't sigh as your approaches bite dead in the center of the green, and your putts plunk gently into the cup. Live a little. "Amaze your friends. Open a whole new golfing world," advises Paul Hahn in a new book, Trouble Shots (McKay...
TARTUFFE. Lincoln Center's interpretation of Moliére's comedy has too much bounce and not enough bite, but Michael O'Sullivan's Tartuffe is a surrealistic and fantastic acting creation...