Salute to Television
Movie #4
Synopsis: Whoa...it’s
a soap opera within a soap opera!! Wait, that was the Synopsis for Delirious.... and Tune in Tomorrow, come to think of it
Blurb From the VHS
Jacket: “Sally Field leads an all-star cast in this sidesplittingly funny
look at a scandal-ridden TV soap opera.” [Sidesplittingly?]
What Did I Learn?:
1) Actors don't like to play coma. They feel it limits their range. 2) Doing
dinner theatre is horrible. 3) “Peppy” and “cheap” are better than “depressing”
and “expensive.”
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Movie If: You figure it must be a 97-minute version of this.
Really?: 1) The
movie ends with a live broadcast of The
Sun Also Sets. Seriously – a live broadcast? 2) Couldn’t Celeste have found
some way to inform Jeffrey of his relationship with Lori without making a fool
of herself in front of both the entire cast, and the entertainment reporters.
Rating: I wanted
to like Soapdish a little more than I
did. Sally Field and Kevin Kline share some wonderfully acidic exchanges,
Robert Downey Jr. is good as a slimy TV exec, and Terri Hatcher is fun to watch
in a before-they-were-famous role. Soapdish certainly has its moments, but the
plot is far too contrived for it to be believed (see: “Really?”) , and its comedy really isn’t terrible insightful or
clever – every scene seems to end with a big shouting match, and the whole
thing struck me as a screenwriter’s fantasy of a soap opera set, rather than a
real satire of the genre. Oh – watch for veteran TV producer Garry Marshall in
a wonderfully funny cameo. 6/10 stars.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102951/?ref_=nv_sr_1
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