As I saw the trailer and clips, I was afraid that the film had spoiled the brilliant ambiguity of the original by taking a side. But I was delighted that it had not.
I won’t tell any more about the plot — because you should see it for yourselves. And see it onstage, if you can — because it fairly CRACKLES with excellence!!
“...the actor provides a critic-proof demonstration of the art that has endeared him to millions of fans around the world: the art of acting stupid, shrewdly, for fun and profit.”
“Mr. Latzky said that Mr. Kaplan had given $10,000 to $12,500 a year for the last seven or eight years to the orchestras annual fund but that those contributions were unrelated to his appearance.”