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State Rep. Mel King said yesterday he will soon introduce legislation to the State House that would deny state funds to universities using "labor-busting" consultation firms--a measure King believes would affect the labor policies of Boston University...
...getting bored of Dan Sullivan high-jumping 6 ft. 10 in. to win the event. He belongs in Mel Embree territory...
...real screen idolis a fellow who "only likes boys." But his charade fails to alter her illusions, and only then does the baker realize that the secret to gaining his wife's love lies in being himself. In these scenes Wilder displays a dramatic sensitivity which his more recent Mel Brooks roles have not allowed him to develop. The comedy and conflicts generated by this situation might have been sufficient material for a light but pleasant romantic film which would have highlighted Wilder's insight and talent...
...like "Welcome Back Kotter" portrays it on television. Others take the title of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn too seriously and believe a single tree grows somewhere among the wall-to-wall tenements. Hordes of Jewish comedians from Brooklyn have helped perpetuate these stereotypes--everyone from Woody Allen to Mel Brooks to Gabe Kaplan to Alan King is guilty. But the myth that Brooklyn is a teeming mass of poverty, illiteracy, downright stupidity and silly accents whose only redeeming quality is its proximity to Manhattan is totally baseless...
Gene Wilder should be perfectly content to be Gene Wilder, but he persists in trying to be Mel Brooks. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother, Wilder's first film as a director-writer-star, was a pale Brooks pastiche, and The World's Greatest Lover is more of the same. This is sad, for Wilder does have a fresh sensibility of his own to offer: here and there in his films one can find a sweet romantic streak and the beginnings of a surreal visual style. But Wilder refuses to trust his own instincts. Every time...