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...slapped by any female moviegoers (it's early; be patient). But he says, "I've had women come really close. The right hand is back, and they go, 'I just want to slap you.' And I go, 'All right.' They don't, and then they laugh. But I'm sure if I demonstrated any Chadness while they were in mid-swing, they...
...bounces between the two men. Filled with Tarantino-lingo overkill (the N word is reportedly used 10 times in the first scene alone), the film mixes ultra-violence with the director's usual pop-culture references and hip humor. "At the very least, you'll have a really good laugh at these characters' expense," says Fonda...
...evil destroyer of all that is right in this world. In fact, and we say with all the disdain we can muster for the elitists who purport otherwise--TV is good." The essay reaches its own peak of self-righteousness when it points out that TV "makes us laugh" and "makes us cry" and asks, "Can any other medium match TV for its immediacy, its impact, its capacity to entertain?" But this argument, however flimsy, is contradicted in the end: "Let us rejoice in our fully adjustable, leather-upholstered recliners. Let us celebrate our cerebral-free non-activity." Certainly...
Fortunately, even its conventionality doesn't keep this "Shrew" from being an amusing play overall. With a great cast, good direction and lots of energy, this production is guaranteed to make even the most cynical critic laugh. It may not have any lasting artistic merit other than that of sheer entertainment. But every so often, that's all you really need...
...that Stallone doesn't love action films. He sees them as an updating of "the great mythological tales; we just changed the wardrobe a bit." Rambo was the prototype of the one-man-army film. "Yeah," he says with a laugh, "I strapped on the old covered wagon and pulled it across the plains of inventiveness." (He'll probably do another Rambo.) But he admits that some roles he "phoned in--and there's nothing more pathetic than to be complacent in the arts." He has long wanted to do a film "that will be remembered for more than just...