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MQVIE REVIEWS Victorâ€"Victoria features lots of plain, good fun By Victor Stanton There‘s a lot of just plain good fun to be had watching the new Blake Edwards‘ movie, With humor ranging from the witty to the burlesque, the picture is light and lively enâ€" tertainment that should find wide appeal among adult audiâ€" ences. That subject matter, of course, is homosexâ€" uality and transvesâ€" tism. Victorâ€"Victoria. The subject matter may, on the surface, seem offensive to some people but, in the conâ€" text of the picture itself and the style in which it is presented, it really isn‘t. Edwards, in Victorâ€" Victoria, does take a few satiric swipes at people who do get all hung up over the very idea of sexual preferâ€" ences or behavior in any way the least difâ€" ferent from their own, but for the most part the screenwriterâ€"direcâ€" tor just plays out the gags for their obvious and immediate visual and verbal punch. The basic story comes from a 1933 Gerâ€" man movie of the same name. Set in Paris of 1934, it‘s the tale of an outâ€"ofâ€"work singer (Julie Andrews) who. in a variation of the Pygmalionâ€"My Fair Lady theme, is transâ€" formed into a successâ€" ful male nightclub enâ€" teptainer specializing ih female imperson ations. Adding to the wacky complications that ensue from this sexual deception is the presâ€" ence of a Chicago macho gangster (James Garner) who is immediately smitten by the Victoria perâ€" sona. Aghast to learn that the object of his passion is supposeably a man, he then discovâ€" ers the man is a woman after all, but he must compromise his own masculinity in order to court her in public. Both Andrews and Garner are delightfully droll and effectively understated in their characterizations, but it‘s pure cinematic fanâ€" tasy that anyone would actually believe even for a single moment that Andrew‘s characâ€" ter was really a man. Actually, the best contributions to the movie â€" in the sense that they‘re the funâ€" niest come from the supporting players, esâ€" pecially Robert Presâ€" ton as a gayâ€"bar enterâ€" tainer who engineers the sexual switcheroo, Lesiey Ann Warren as the brassy, Brooklynâ€" accented mobster‘s moll, Alex Karras as the gangster‘s bodyâ€" guard and Graham Stark as a much putâ€" upon waiter. Edwards also throws in an Inspector Clouâ€" seauâ€"type character â€" perhaps to whet the appetites of Pink Panâ€" ther fans for a couple more pictures in that series which he curâ€" rently is making â€" and a couple other carica tures that seem a liitle out of place in this miâ€" lieu. Visually, Victor Vic toria is a lushly painted canvas that astutely establishes and mainâ€" tains a mood of unâ€" forced gaiety and, for the most part, straightâ€" forward escapist enterâ€" tainment. The studio sets are a dazzling throwâ€"back to the halâ€" cyon Hollywood days, although they were constructed and filmed in England. Aside from the characteristically witty Edwards diaâ€" logue, there‘s also pleasure for the ears in the musical contribuâ€" tions of composer Henry Mancini and lyricist Leslie Briâ€" cusse. At something like two hours and 10 minâ€" utes in length, howevâ€" er, Victorâ€"Victoria, while never tedious, definitely is a little overâ€"stretched, and certainly the finale lacks the kind of punch a movie of this sort deâ€" mands. If one recalls the brilliance throughout of Billy Wilder‘s 1959 picture Some Like It Hot, which had two male musicians disâ€" guising themselves as females, the current film is very much a diamond in the rough. It is, however, still a gem of a movie in these generally lustreless Of Deathtrap, little It can be said that this is the screen ver sion of the longâ€"running Broadway play of the same name. with screenwriter Jay Presâ€" son Allen making only minor changes from the original Ira Levin script. It can be said too that the film, and of course the play before it, is much indebted to Sleuth, the 1972 screen version of the sameâ€" named play, including the casting of Michael Caine in a principal role. Deathtrap is far more contrived and mundane than its preâ€" decessor, however. and, therefore â€" alâ€" though there are unâ€" doubtedly those who would choose to argue the point with me â€" ultimately less enjoyâ€" able. can be said about eiâ€" ther plot or characters without saying too much and consequently spoiling the movie for viewers still unfamiliar with its intricate and multiple twists Besides Caine, who portrays a onceâ€"sucâ€" cessful writer of mysâ€" tery plays now in the creative doldrums, the movie cast of Deathâ€" trap includes Chrisâ€" topher Reeve as a promising young playâ€" wright. Dyan Cannon as the Caine characâ€" ter‘s wife and Irene Worth as a Dutch psyâ€" chic. 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It also seems to revel in its stage roots, and only occasionally takes adâ€" vantage of the versatilâ€" ity offered by film. A slight departure from the play, which seems inserted only to keep up with a trend in ‘8Os pictures, is a kiss between Reeve and Caine, which may go a long way in shattering Reeve‘s Superman image. The filmed stage play, The Trail of the Conestoga, will be shown at Waterloo Colâ€" legiate on May 7 at 8 Deathtrap no doubt will amuse audiences, but it never soars to the entertainment class of Sleuth. Tickets are $2 for adults, $1 for children 12 years of age and under. Tickets are on sale at the Waterloo Adult Recreation Cenâ€" tre and will also be available at the door. | PaRTIiPTIOn BB MWalk a block. Today RESTAURANT FOR. 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