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    The acting in this show is uniformly awful. So is the direction.

    D'oh! D is for Divine.

    Ya, a lot of backpedalling here without breaking any solid ground. But Camilla is (or at least should be) the Alexis to Cookie's Crystal. The point of Jamal's pussy pastime is…? And Hakeem signing on the dotted line with his kupie doll was kinda squicky cuz they could both pass for 13 year olds.

    Just the one that counts.

    …with another gripping Jerry Goldsmith action thriller score.

    Cuz he's having lunch at Bill's & Hill's.

    From 1991, The Rapture starring Mimi Rogers. The only god bothered pic that's ever left a lasting impression with me.

    Over-analysizing as usual

    Without Howard Shore's grand musical fabric weaving it together. Instead: BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG and more BANG.

    "There's a sucker born every minute."

    No, you're restricted to using three characters.

    So far, so good.

    Compound narrative issues aside, this production has never failed to capture my eyes and ears, baroque performances included.

    Do superheroes do anything else these days besides utter portentous codswallop and blow shit up to the Oldies?

    The muddled ("sucked" is way overboard) third act was a result of production turmoil. Donner had something else altogether in mind, but the Salkinds got in the way.

    Oh, good grief, that looks and sounds impossibly awful.

    Super!

    Apparently it's supposed to be the early 40s.

    Option 2: "My safeword is Shuster" — S

    "Just to let you know, I'm not into roleplay" — S