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Simon is undoubtedly something of an expert on theater 1
With Only When I Laugh, he has drawn from his ho
territory to create a comedy as moving as it is fuilny.
Only When I Laugh (originally a Simon play called '
Gingerbread Lady) stars Marsha Mason (Simon's wife) ?
freshly rehabilitated alcoholic actress attempting to iron
the emotional creases in her life. Though she is a success
the staee. her handling of marriaee. motherhood and ot
demanding domestic chores is decideidly unstable.
A longtime divorcee, Mason shares a tiny, clutte
apartment with a gay, neurotic, usually unemployed ac
(James Coco). No odd couple here; they are splendi
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compatible and, with the sophisticated Joan Hackett, share
good and bad moments with friendly devotion.
toil MASON ADJUSTS smoothly to sobriety and responsibility
ife. until two stringent situations intervene: 1) her teen-age
me daughter (Kristy McNichol) moves in with her; 2) she accepts
a part in a play written by her ex-lover (David Dukes)
rhe about their stormy affair. The pressures mount. She slips one
is a night, getting drunk and assaulted in the same evening.
out McNichol goes back to her father, at Mason's suggestion. The
?on conclusion, however, is optimistic.
her Some critics have compared Neil Simon's dialogue to
ping pong ? fast, bright and trivial. Certainly, The Goodbye
red Girl is a safe, sweet movie, so light that it floats right out of
:tor your memory after you see it. Only When I Laugh is apt to
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comes on a song penned by
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the album just to hear
Beckenstein's soaring sax on
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opening proves). More import
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drink. Anxiety is close on ever;
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Especially impressive are
percussionist Gerardo Velez
and keyboardist Tom
Schuman, who wrote the title
track and "Pacific Sunrise,"
and exuberant number
performed in 7/4 time.
Freetime is the finest
album thus far from the
group that is rapidly gaining
recognition as one of the
best, if not the best, iazz
groups making records
today. The album is high on
the charts, and deservedly
so. There are few groups of
any type on the scene today
which can match Sovro Gvra
man for man in terms of
musical talent and integrity.
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lise is serious (as the somber
antly, the serious implications
ixplored. Mason's dilemma is
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he refreshingly silent ending,
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