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Simon admits that he has felt restricted, to some extent, by his reputation as America's foremost comic playwright. Yet no matter what direction his work takes, the comic spirit is always an integral part of his writing. Much as he admires Woddy Allen, he could never write an Interiors: "You can't do anything serious without comedy," Simon argues, adding that his plays often encourage the audience to laugh at basically tragic human situations. "I put it all down, and if some see it funny and some tragic, it's all right with me," he notes...
Singing In the Rain: Possibly the best musical Hollywood ever produced. A slick, colorful and very witty story about, you guessed it. Hollywood itself. There are so many great moments in this movie. Gene Kelly's wisecracking, Donald O'Connor's unrivaled comic dancing, and some great, great music. Corny? Naw. It's fun; if you've ever pattered through a puddle and whistled the one verse you know from the title tune, you owe it to yourself to see the film again--even if only to learn another verse. A must, with someone you love...
Carmen is, of course, recently divorced. She is also the female lead in a new comic strip that now appears in 15 newspapers. The nation's first comic strip about divorce, Splitsville tries-and mostly succeeds-to laugh at the ridiculous, sad and foolish foibles of couples that can't live together...
Fortunately, Paul and Susan have friends who are fun to be with. Comic relief is generously provided by Susan's pal Janice (Robin Bartlett), prime guru bait who arrives in a sari, with a skull-washed boyfriend who is out of this world, Asian or otherwise. Kevin Kline's Paul sensitively conveys the perplexity of a neomodern man coping with a neomodern woman, and Director Alan Schneider's supple intelligence cloaks the nudity of the text...
...Brown's republication of Waugh's dozen best novels provides a fresh opportunity to appreciate how skillfully he balanced between satire and romance. Most important, these handsome new editions reconfirm Edmund Wilson's 1944 judgment that Waugh "is likely to figure as the only first-rate comic genius that has appeared in English since Bernard Shaw." Characters like Lady Margot Metroland, Mayfair hostess and procuress of Decline and Fall, Mrs. Melrose Ape of Vile Bodies, the American evangelist modeled on Aimee Semple McPherson, Basil Seal, highborn wastrel of Black Mischief and Put Out More Flags, and Lord...