Q and A confronts urban bias through sharp ethnic barbs
A film review argues Lumet's Q and A uses racial and ethnic slurs to probe prejudice. It notes the theater reactions vary as the story exposes how satire can reveal deep bias, urging honest acknowledgment of real city divides and the need for change.
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Tae Tris
Mike Brennan
Heaven
Jesse Jackson
Lumet
Portra
Hue
Pareora
Spike Lee
Kevin Kline
Morgan Freeman
Andrew Dice Clay shifts toward mainstream with SNL pitch
New York Times reports Andrew Dice Clay hosted NBCs Saturday Night Live amid controversy over his misogynistic act. Critics Nora Dunn and Sinead OConnor boycotted the show as Clay signals a possible shift with two films due this summer.
SNL Ratings Tops for Season With Dice Clay Host
Andrew Dice Clay boosted Saturday Night Live to its season high with an 11.6 rating and 31 percent audience share in the 24 city overnight Nielsens. The show, boycotted by Nora Dunn and Sinead O Connor, led NBC to note it was eight points higher than the Feb 24 edition hosted by Fred Savage of The Wonder Years. National ratings release was pending.
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New York
Andrew Dice Clay
NBC
Nora Dunn
Sinead O'Connor
Hive
MTV
Foulmouth
Clay
Fred Savage
ABC
Ridiculous Bull parody fuels dicey career queries
The Diceman vanished as a comic actor stepped in, prompting questions about Andrew Dice Clay's mainstream future. Can he recover credibility and should women forgive his controversial rise, amid a controversial parody labeled Ridiculous Bull.
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Diceman
Andrew Dice Clay
Movie listings and showtimes across Central New York theaters
A compendium of film titles and times for theaters including Camillus Cinemas Genesee Great Northern Mall Hollywood Manlius Palace Penn Can Mall Shoppingtown Trenton County Mall Westcott Auburn Cinema Canton Cinema Finger Lakes Geneva Cinema Ithaca State Theater Oneida Oswego Pyramid Fall Utica Up town and West Rome Drive-In. Notable titles include Spaced Invaders The Guardian The Hunt for Red October Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pretty Woman House Party and House Party and Nuns on the Run with varied ratings and showings across multiple dates.
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Bayberry
Camillus Cinemas
the Guardian
Ernest
Fayetteville Mall
Noranal
Genesee
Great Northern Mall
Orchid
the Guarman
Pretty Woman
Red October
Hollywood
Mvaders
Glory
Manlius
Penn Can Mall
Auburn
iMern
Geneva
Ithaca
O& A
Oneida Cinema
Nina Turtles
Oswego Cinema
Pyramid Fall
Seneca Fats
Utica
West Rome Drive-In
Theater 0 Presents 90 Years on Broad Way Review Slams Excess
Young troupe stages a sprawling revue with 15 on a small set and uneven pacing. Performances miscast, numbers shuffled, and missing key pieces like A Chorus Line. Direction cited as flawed though effort praised amid nine decade focus and post-1930s emphasis.
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Floradora
Theater 90 Celebrates Broadway's 90-Year Revue
Theater 90 presents a two hour revue saluting 90 years of Broadway with star turns by Barb Engan Dick Mancini and Mike Spinoso. Holly Wilson-Perrotto directs lavish costumes and a shimmering mylar backdrop while Ken Bowles adds reminiscences. Tickets 265 include meal and show Fridays Saturdays 8 pm Sundays 7 pm through June 3.
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Theater
Theater ‘90
Holly Wilson- Perrotto
Barb Engan
Dick Mancini
Mike Spinoso
Betty Herholtz
Clay Towne Players
Herholtz
New Odd Cause
Theater '90
Melodrama Overwhelms Caine in A Shock to the System
The film aims as a black comedy about shattered dreams but Michael Caine’s performance cannot salvage the melodrama. A corporate climber turns to murder after a subway panhandler death, while a detectives and a disenchanted Madison Avenue world collide in a bleak look at the American dream.
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Bernhard Goetz
Michael Caine
Bnller
Caine
Brit
America
Clmb
Graham Marshall
Merlin
Madison Avenue
Marshall
Columbo
Jan Egleson
Panhandler
Elizabeth McGovern
A Shock to the System Film Review
A covert love affair drives the plot of A Shock to the System. Starring Michael Cane, Exzabeth McGovern, Peter Rogers, the 82 minute drama unfolds amid crime and office intrigue with strong turns by Will Patton and John McMartin. The film plays at Fayetteville Mall Cinema 1 and Penn Can Mall Cinema 2.
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Wagedy
Michael Cane
Exzabeth McGovern
Peter Rogers
Fayetteville Mall
Penn Can Mall
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