4-Eyes
Joined Feb 2001
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An ego-driven, unstylish mess.
And that's said by a fan of everything else MTM ever did. However, I would look at it again as part of a "worst camp" festival.
A really good music special that has a unifying theme needs subtlety. Barbra Streisand was great at this. Jamie Foxx is great at this. MTM was not.
Picking two jarring opposites and throwing them together over and over again for an hour was not a winning formula for this kind of program, IMO.
And this completes my comments. And my 10th line of text.
And that's said by a fan of everything else MTM ever did. However, I would look at it again as part of a "worst camp" festival.
A really good music special that has a unifying theme needs subtlety. Barbra Streisand was great at this. Jamie Foxx is great at this. MTM was not.
Picking two jarring opposites and throwing them together over and over again for an hour was not a winning formula for this kind of program, IMO.
And this completes my comments. And my 10th line of text.
As well as humor, pathos, the whole gamut. I have never forgotten
the scene where Mark smuggles food into the hotel because they
can't afford the dinner, only to discover the next morning that the
dinner was included in the price. I have never forgotten that as a
metaphor for life -- oftentimes more is included in the price than
we allow ourselves to hope. Criticisms of Ms. Hepburn's age and
Mr. Raphael's wit are, IMO, unfounded. I like the script -- but then I
also like Mamet -- and Hepburn is such a great actress that she
makes the character believable because you see her with your
heart. (Incidentally, it's my contention that Eyes Wide Shut, also
written by Raphael, is, like this film, a dry and sophisticated
comedy, but that's just me.)
the scene where Mark smuggles food into the hotel because they
can't afford the dinner, only to discover the next morning that the
dinner was included in the price. I have never forgotten that as a
metaphor for life -- oftentimes more is included in the price than
we allow ourselves to hope. Criticisms of Ms. Hepburn's age and
Mr. Raphael's wit are, IMO, unfounded. I like the script -- but then I
also like Mamet -- and Hepburn is such a great actress that she
makes the character believable because you see her with your
heart. (Incidentally, it's my contention that Eyes Wide Shut, also
written by Raphael, is, like this film, a dry and sophisticated
comedy, but that's just me.)