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Hon Carey and Uom ue/u/se Fatso J * * is a bore * * * By David Baker ^ Gamecock Film Critic 3^What can you say about a movie * like Fatso? That it is bigger than a * breadbox and shorter than ^ Hh^P Apocalypse Now? That in it, Dom ^ ||llliK ueLinse, tor me nrsi time in nis * |H^Bg life, is not funny? Jf WELL, YOU CAN SAY all that, * but it would be simpler and more T accurate to say that Fatso is yet another one of those goodintentioned, but painfully overzealous comedies which tries hard * for Mel Brooks, but which ends up J HNfc with something closer to Otto J Bflr Preminger. To say that Anne * ? Bancroft's' directorial debut is a * bust Avoiifd be the understatement Jf ' of the year. J __ Briefly'," Fatso is the story of J Dominick DiNapoli (DeLuise), a J pudgy greeting card shop owner. The film opens with Dom attending )f the funeral of an elephantine cousin who died at 39 because of his +++++++ weight problem. Afraid that P > Dominick might be next, his sister Antionette (Bancroft) demands that he go on a diet. WHAT FOLLOWS IS an endless ' series of shots depicting people MV'E#! eating, people crying and people becoming upset because someone else is either eating or crying. Eventually, Dominick loses a bit of tonnage and wins the hand of a BH iwr dippy antique dealer (Candice Azzara), but by the time it hap- JHT jg pens, no one much seems to care. H J| Aside from Bancroft's write-by- ^ Mm numhprc Hialnonp Pntcn cnfforc from Bancroft's not having a distinct point of view as director. ^ She follows scenes of attempted hilarity about hungry blimps with scenes showing fat people as ^ creatures deserving of pity. The viewer never knows when he's supposed to laugh or when he's supposed to cry. Thus, only the most gullible moviegoers sue- . combs to either emotion. What is unforgivable, however, is that Bancroft succeeds in : drawing a bad performance from hou.uh Anne Bancroft. I didn't think such u,CiV' a thing was possible, but her A ? ? 1 - f 4-1- A. A. ? puiuayai 01 miuoneue wavers between hamminess and stridency. And to top it off, she's Confirm made up to look like a second-rate "romV": verSioifi of Carol Burnett's char- puces m woman, f' tickets IN THE PAST , Bancroft's dark I good looks and elegant manner I '?cc.V,H.' - , ? Icelamij made her everv aDDearance i V mm - I ??tM I H something to look forward to, ( <?ii in whether she was portraying a i !",,"frcc villainess (Mrs. Robinson in The i Graduate ), a heroine (Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker ), j or a woman who was something in J ' . tc>s Kalmnan /LVnmo in T ! ikayiw wii i ljiiiiiiu in if itr i lit runn . n . I State Point). ! 4'' Who would have thought such a 7 J wonderful actress dreamed of J /% playing a shopping bag lady? I ?tjj ?' | % 9 exchange threats in 'Fatso' f.3fl************************* I ELECT jj * * LARRY j KB I MID I so* ! * RESIDENT ! * * s>f e March 11 I * * AVDAIR10 EUROPE hiihku AND A m iw iCCLAHD n)^,iS^ rip from Kourulmp rk Irum ('hiupi mlMMirg to Luxembourg \o restrictions :d rcservaiions free w mc with dinner, cognac after cions on sta\ s to I \ r. or adv a nee purchase. Prices valid > from March 10 thru Ma\ 14. 1980. All schedules and bject to change and government approval. Purchase i the I . S. travel agent or write Dept. #( S ir P.O. Box 105. i mpstead. NV 11552. j MYC. 757-H5K5; elsewhere, call H(I0-555-1212 for the number in your area. i ml mc: Lj An Icelandair flight timetable. I [ ] Your European Natations brochure. I Zip j :elandairJ? i I your best value to Europe-* - j m * - .1 FREE DELIVERY """ 771-4098 "Where you come first" j Stuffy's Famous No. 9 j ! I reg. $1.65 $1.25 w/ coupon | {super $3.15 $2.40 w/coupon ! 1 expires 3/31 /80 | GRITZ B I .TO CHECKOUT W OURMCNU M [ COM K DANCE i I WITH i us I | use cultural series j j Schedule | March 11-13, 1<iko y - ( I M?n<hil ll( m )< in i < ?< m ii w i. * ' I < II oo.im Ij-.'iopm K< h<'.irs.il Iimmmm < liim Iill<m m.isk i ( I,ins I ownship I S( )l< hikiil hlilll ( < MM I I s( Not ()p(MU() I )Ul )li( l Mmil: iOSiudrms I:J.~>pm .i <x>pm J lice Hctfinnin^ H.illri iimsnm < I<kss | Solomon HI, m ( cnicr. I 'Si. J .\1< II ( I I \*S I H 4r?.nn ii (H),un ,(( I Bc^innin^ Ii?ill<*i nuisirrcUiss - H.oopm . Solomon Hl<ni (:cnicr. I si: ivrfcrnuiiu < } Until iOSiudcn.s Townshop i I'iioIK S(?.$r> i , I r# # * ' ! use:sukUmus LMiisicr cl.issrscodirrt ?rd By I irinz1'oil Anlsi nirrooTiiiKl Josr Abcrasiain 11 ii rfi'il ? i I mail n i> wlii^? .< A'?l . ' . H V I."'''..