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...choreography and exuberant performances, this show is saddled by clumsy direction, offensive racial stereotypes and a chorus whose constant vocal presence ensures that we will rarely hear the lead in any song. In Chicago clutter replaces cohesion, and although this cast tries to provide some razzle-dazzle, the poor script and staging result in only fitful success...
...script, by New York playwrights and musicians, is not brilliant, but more than entertaining. Lyrics such as "Together we're better than so-so/Each of us is a virtuoso" will not likely be mistaken for Cole Porter. But the writing is slick and witty enough to slide even the silliest rhyme right past us. The music plays lightly with American music genres--pop, honky-tonk, blues--but stays mostly within the Broadway tradition. It's not memorable, but it is tuneful...
Honey, I Blew Up the Baby (Disney) Studio boss Jeffrey Katzenberg is eager to repeat the success of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. In one of the script concepts being considered, a child is Xeroxed to huge size. But copies usually fade, and star Rick Moranis will demand a huge salary...
...find do-it-yourself videos more appealing than standard triple-X fare. For one thing, couples tend to emphasize story line as well as visuals. More important, notes psychologist Lonnie Barbach of San Francisco, "it's not just plumbing shots of anonymous people." One Minneapolis couple combined a sleazy script with agile camerawork. "I was a door-to-door salesman, and she was the housewife," says Michael, in reality a business manager. During the taping, the pair stopped the action to move the camera around the bed, adjust the zoom lens and do retakes. Despite such antics, the experience ultimately...
None of this might matter greatly if a war follows the quick-knockout script sketched by some Air Force enthusiasts. In the politics of war, as in other matters, nothing succeeds like success. Even then, however, the U.S. would need the support of its world coalition to shape a durable peace. And at home one need only mention the word Vietnam to underscore the importance of congressional and popular support. Unfortunately, the scenarios for fighting a war seem to have been far more carefully drawn and fully thought out than the scripts for justifying the decision...