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unearths some literary gems.
Some snippets from Dorothy Parker reviews:
***It has far more plot and a much more connected story than most musical comedies. In fact, it's chock full of connected story; you don't get away from it for a minute. Large segments of connected story are always lying around the stage, getting in the way of the chorus.***They use the word "scintillating" as frequently and as proudly as if they had just coined it.***I take issue (there is nothing better for that morning headache than taking a little issue).[Btw, this bit strikes me as very "Steve Allen" (though it predates his career).]***Slack or no slack, out come books, any kind of books, any kind at all. The publishers take no advantage of their blessed leisure. They go right on publishing, all out of control. It seems to be a compulsive activity, a species, I should suppose, of tic.***The book, which is going to be a movie, has the plot and characters of a book which is going to be a movie.***His lovely ladies step out of Edith Wharton, and his graceful gentlemen come from Henry James (whenever you say Edith Wharton, you have to say Henry James right after. If you don't, you'll have bad luck all day).***[this one's from a letter]Alan and I are working on a little opera which was originally named "Twenty-two Hours by Air," but it has been kicking around the studio for a long time, during which aerial transportation has made such progress that it is now called "Eleven Hours by Air." By the time we are done, the title is to be, I believe, "Stay Where You Are."***
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