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SLEEPER (United Artist):: Since Woody Allen & the last funny person on Earth, and since Sleeper is the first funny movie since his last one, if it was only worth seeing once, you’d be hard up for a chuckle. And I can’t repeat the jokes, which is lucky for you, since you’d have a good time ruined if I told them, but also because most of them are not that memorable.
SHORT TAKES
ADMIT ONE
SLEEPER (United Artist):: Since Woody Allen & the last funny person on Earth, and since Sleeper is the first funny movie since his last one, if it was only worth seeing once, you’d be hard up for a chuckle. And I can’t repeat the jokes, which is lucky for you, since you’d have a good time ruined if I told them, but also because most of them are not that memorable. It’s like trying to remember all the moves Chaplin made in the factory in Modem Times. Even if you did, it wouldn’t be the same; I’m not Woody Allen, you’re not Chaplin, humor isn’t in the joke but in the telling of it. Somewhere, there’s someone who can make chickens crossing highways a humorous experience, perhaps. I’d stake my money that if there is, though, it is Allen.
Also, Diane Keaton is the best thing to happen to actresses since Lauren Bacall puckered up and blew.
Dave Marsh