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...room, twist-filled thriller, and unquestionably loses out in the comparison. But with intricate plot twists (which unfortunately tend to fizzle toward the end), and some snappy dialogue, it makes a fair attempt at matching the wit and elegance of Shaffer's play. Tendorp, the psychic, adds a nice comic touch by dropping by to see Sidney at all the wrong times, and prophesying ominously about a dangerous playwright named "Smith-Collona." Cannon is suitably daffy as the gushing Myra, and Reeve is, well, a hunk. Caine, who played Reeve's younger man to Laurence Olivier in Sleuth, undoubtedly steals...
...third character does not believe in anything. He has lost his belief in fairness through his aimless passage through life. Roger Gould's Skinner has the acquired cynicism of a man fighting an up-hill battle. Gould captures the role perfectly, embodying the character with a disarming insolence. His comic timing is marvelous...
...Please Don't Walk Around in the Nude, we are touched by Feydeau's comic madness from the outset. Ventroux (Phil Kirby), a French politician, is trying to explain to his wife, Clarisse (Nancy Cotton), that it is indecent for their son to see her wearing only her slip. She doesn't understand what is wrong with this or, for that matter, with her being seen in her nightgown by household servants, peeping-tom neighbors, and even Hochepaix, the mayor of a nearby town. The play's central conflict is caused when Clarisse's ingenuous and disputable logic meets...
...acting in these farces is fantastic as the actors exemplify their dexterity in assuming different characters. H. Stuart Shifman's insightful directing enables the actors to take advantage of all parts of the room, not confining themselves strictly to the stage. The precise comic timing, versatility of the actors and fluidity of the actions produce a completely polished series of one-act farces. The informal cabaret style provides an excellent opportunity for the audience to relax and enjoy the near-professional acting. And Norman R. Shapiro's elegant translations avoid the familiar trap of stilted-seeming pieces of localized humor...
...devices from his earlier films to make Victor Victoria enjoyable. With a flimsy excuse, Edwards sets a Clouseau-style private investigator on Victoria's trail. A bumbling French detective, transplanted entirely intact from the Pink Panther films, discovers the truth about Victoria's gender, but not before several broadly comic mishaps. The detective shares Inspector Clouseau's inescapable fate, as his opponents discredit him without much trouble before the film ends; his brief appearance is purposeless but amusing...