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Mighty Aphrodite FILM permit the luxury of pregnancy, she is determined to adopt one ready-made. The correspondences to Allen's actual biogra- phy need little exposi- tion. Very quickly baby Max shows that he has the makings of a prodigy, a sand-box superstar in his pre- school program for gifted children. Over- whelmed with curiosi- ty about Max's bio- logical parents, who. he reasons, must be a his-and hers team of Nobel laureates. Lenny uses his reporter's skills to locate the mother. Linda Ash (Mira Sorvino), a six-foot tall prostitute who longs for starring roles Woody Allen and Helena Bonham Carter are husband and wife in Mighty Aphrodite. in erotic movies. When Lenny visits her garish apartment, complete with pomiv graphic fish tank and Something Old wall clock, they have different agenda in mind. Is there such a IGHTY APHRODITE brings "Bullets Over Broadway," entertain glori- term as counter-seduction? It is a very funny Woody Allen back to familiar ter- ously, and that is the first obligation of a scene. He stammers as he tries to act coolly Mritory, much to the delight of his movie maker; buf the edge of intellectual professional, while she tries to be sultry with fans. It features the appealingly neurotic inquiry is gone. In these, he takes standard a squeaky voice Miss Piggie might envy. comic pxirsona thai the public often confus- Hollywood formats of detectives and gang- es with the thoughtful film maker, the zany sters and recasts the genres in his own Linda has a one-track mind, exceedingly comic dialogue that echoes the best of comic style. "Mighty Aphrodite" continues narrow gauge at that. No Nobel prize lurks Groucho Marx, the unfailing touch for New this pattern, even down to the strained, under the surface of this gene pool, yet York characters and settings and a love cacophonous title. Lenny grows oddly fond of her. Amanda, story that eventually works itself out. This time around, the Screwball Comedy in the meantime, becomes involved with Anyone who enjoys Allen comedy will of the 1930"s and 1940*s provides the gener- Jerry Bender (Peter Weiler), an oily art take delight in this latest offering. ic framework. According to the rubrics of dealer who divides his time between SoHo At the risk of oxymoron, no one recycles the formula, lovers or husband and wife and the Hamptons. These twin attractions himself more inventively than Wtxxly Allen. inhabit different social world.s, and the strain might signal an end to a marriage in the This poses a problem for us perennial Allen nearly drives them to separation. Remember real world, but this is Screwball Comedy, watchers. During the I970\s and 198O's, Tracy and Hepburn, spcirLswriter and sophis- and there are other options. WtHxIy Allen used many of his films—yes, ticated politician, in "Woman of the Year" even the very funny comedies—to explore (George Stevens, Î942)? Lenny Winerib key philosophical and religious issues, at (Woody Allen) is also a sporLswriter. but his XRYTNG TO RESCUE the mother of times even daring not to be funny. Then the wife, Amanda Sloane (Helena Bonham his son from her life of shame. Lenny plays tabloids exploited his personal life, making Carter) manages an art gallery and wants to the role of match maker. He arranges a him one of the three most important figures open her own, a change that involves mov- meeting with Kevin (Michael Rapaport). a of the l990's, a worthy predecessor of O. J. ing from the comfortable Upper East Side to young boxer whose career prospects seem and now Princess Diana. His post-Mia the wilds of Vesey Street in SoHo. Amanda limited by his inability to distinguish left works. "Manhattan Murder Mystery" and wants a child, but since her career does not from right. "No, Kevin. Lefi}ah\" No mat- 22 AMERICA DECEMBER 30, 1995 ter, since he wants lo return lo the family nothing in tragedy but the occasion for a Greek chorus breaks into song: "When onion farm outside Wampsville, N.Y. few jokes. you're smilin', tbe whole world smiles with (While Allen's New York in-jokes are you." The conclusion is not only non- often lost outside Manhattan, we up-staters Sophoclean; it is non-Allen. Neither genes hold Ihe advantage on this one. Wamps- XHE ENDING of "Mighty Aphnxlite" nor enviaïnmcnt make any difference. That ville. 20 miles east of Syracuse, is the seat is particularly vexing. Ai his best, Allen res- happiness is luck, or tbe suggestion that it i.s of Madison County. Onions are the olutely rejects tbe easy bappy resolution of even possible witb luck, is an idea as unreal- region's major cmp, and the boxing Hail of his hero's problems. The main character istic as tbe end of this fantasy movie. Fame is located next door in Canastota, finds a reason to go on with life and love, if Cynicism is arthritis of the soul, and the home of Carmine Basilio, a middleweight only because of a memory or a hope. In creaking joints suggest why the artist may champion of the 195O's. Take that, you "Mighty Aphnxlite," when ull the romantic be walking a bit more slowly in recent days. supercilious Manhattanites!) loose ends improbably come together, the RICHARD A. BLAKE Linda's dream of becoming an onion- farm wife and part-time beautician crum- bles when Kevin recognizes his fiancee starring in the pom videtï his friends have provided for his bachelor party. Everything Liturgical Studies tums out well for Lind;i, Kevin and every- one else, thanks in part to a forced landing Graduate pro-ams in an environment shaped hy the by a helicopter, which a voice-over proper- liturgical movement and vision of Virgil Michel, OSB, ly identifies a.s a deits ex machina. and Godfrey Diekmann, OSB Woven throughout the film and giving a justification for tbe title is a chorus mod- M.A. in Liturgical Studies • M.A. in Theology with eled on the classical Greek theater. F. Liturgy Concentration • M.A. in Liturgical Mnsic Murray Abrabam is the caustic leader of the chorus, Cassandra foretells doom at Contact: Mary Beth Banken, OSB every convoluted tum in the plot (and she is usually right), and Joca.sta kvctches about botb her son Oedipus anil psychiatrists who ScHoot. OF THEOLOGY • SEMÍNARV SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY COLLEGEVILLE, MN 56321 make $2(K) per hour from his problems. Altbough tbe chorus, beautifully filmed in an authentic Greek theater in Sicily, For Good Books at Great Savings... seems to be a daring comic innovation, it is aclually a retum to "God." Allen's one act Join the Catholic Book Club. play published in 1975. In tbis parody of the Greek theater, the artists Hepatitis, A service of AMERICA'S editors. We screen publishers' advance lists for Trichinosis and Diabetes wait for Zeus to books of lasting value. Members receive monthly Newsletters. CBC selec- appear ex machina to explain what their tions last year averaged 25 percent off bookstore prices. There is no fee to join, no minimum number of books to buy. play is all about. The two Ibrays into Greek literature have Please enroll me in tbe Catholic Book Club and send me tbe Newsletter significant differences, however. "God" par- and selection card each montb. Tben ... odies the New Comedy of Menander, while Q Send me tbe montb's selection automatically. If I do not wish to "Aphnxlite" lampotins tbe classic tragedy of receive the selection, I will return tbe selection card marked Sophocles. Insufferable academic trivia? It PLEASE DO NOT SEND. may be more than tbat. While modeling tbe • Do no( send me tbe selection automatically. If 1 wish to receive external forms of his two antecoients, Allen tbe selection, I will return tbe selection card marked PLEASE SEND. has precisely reversed their eontent. Menander and friends entertained and did NAME _ not avoid a bit of ribaldry and social satire to get laughs. In "God" Allen uses their STREET. style, gets the crude laughs and at the same time asks about the existence of God and his CRY STATE ZIP role in human affairs. By contrast, Sophocles looks hard at basic questions, COUNTRY. like guilt, destiny and human responsibility. PHONE These matters scarcely clutter tbe comedie landscape of Soph(Klean "Mighty Aphro- dite." AHen uses the tragic forms fw laughs. Signature Twenty years ago, he could ask serious questions with a comic voice. Now he finds Catholic Book Club, 106 West 56th St., New York, NY 10019 AMERICA DECEMBER 30,1995 23 .
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