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Reviews
Soup to Nuts (1930)
Imagine the Stooges with a really bad leader...
AMC has been showing this stinker for the month of March,2001. Ted Healy gets my vote as worst actor ever on screen. He does a second-rate Jolson impersonation- and that may be an insult to second-rate! In the scenes with the Stooges(of the 3 Stooges fame) Shemp comes across as the leader of the three, but Healy tries and fails miserably at doing slapstick comedy better than the Kings of the art form- The Three Stooges. I understand Healy was eventually murdered. Too bad for him, but great for the world of comedy.
Topsy-Turvy (1999)
I loved this film.
I unapologetically loved this movie. I have performed in several productions of G&S and it's harder than most people realize. Nothing has ever shown this quite as clearly as "Topsy-Turvy". The struggles of the actors are so real. Don't get me wrong- there is nothing earthshattering in this story- it's simply a love letter to a much misunderstood form of entertainment. Thanks to you, Mike Leigh!Beautifully done!