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...acidulous comedies staged by the author himself. The conventional wisdom about Ayckbourn has been that he started as a boulevard farceur and turned darker in the course of his 39 plays. Yet Absurd, from supposedly sunnier days in 1971, shows that acutely observed misery and hypocrisy have been his comic subjects all along. The funniest scene depicts desperate attempts at suicide by a deranged housewife, brilliantly played by Jennifer Wiltsie, that are cheerily misunderstood by a passel of busybody "friends." Body Language posits a scientific mishap that leads to a body swap between two women, an ascetic fitness fanatic over...
During the winter, however, the council took a small gamble on a $10,000 comedy performance by deadpan comic Steven Wright, which members and students generally agree was a success...
These are the jokes! Severn Darden, the eccentric and fitfully inspired comic performer, once solemnly announced to his audience an upcoming lecture by Bruno Bettelheim on "Some Positive Aspects of Anti-Semitism...
Throughout the brouhaha, Clay (who will star in the summer film The Adventures of Ford Fairlane) maintained his customary off-camera swagger. Commenting on Dunn's walkout, he told Entertainment Tonight, "I think she's just doing this because I am the hottest comic in the world today." Not true, but for one week he came awfully close. Alas...
...expense approach can apply to every facet of moviemaking. Disney has gone about $5 million over budget on Dick Tracy, in part because the studio decided, five months after the film had been shot, to upgrade the 57 matte-painting backdrops that were used to help create a comic-book appearance. The improved matte work includes twinkling lights and moving boats and cars. Paramount had to frantically accelerate the editing of Days of Thunder to get the film ready for its summer release. The speedup meant that crews had to work around the clock, piling up mountains of overtime...