Marshall, Garry (1934—)
New Yorker Garry Marshall (born Marscharelli) wrote a memoir called Wake Me When It's Funny. The title reveals the creative drive behind a man who, whether as scr...
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"I was mediocre journalist, a mediocre musician, a mediocre actor, a mediocre athlete. I had to find something I could do well."1A surprising beginning for a man who, on the night of January 28, 1979,...
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Critical Essay by JosÉ M. Ferrer
[Marshall] and everyone else involved [in The Dick Van Dyke Show] have a right to be proud. Somewhere in each installment … there is at least one laugh&...
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Critical Essay by David A. England
The humaneness of the Fonz is one of the most unfortunate oversights in many of our students' viewing weeks. In our day, the Fonz is a throwback, not only to...
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Critical Essay by Frank Rich
It is not a pretty world on display at the Winter Garden [in "The Roast"]…. Jerry Belson and Garry Marshall, two television writers, want nothing mor...
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Critical Essay by Howard Thompson
This tired, aimlessly frisky comedy ["How Sweet It Is!"] is about as sweet as a dill pickle….
Unfortunately, what begins as a bouncy frolic a...
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Georgia Rule Running Time 113 minutes Directed By Garry Marshall Written By Mark Andrus Starring Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Felicity Huffman
Jane Fonda can do just about anything, but first you ha...
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With "Georgia Rule," Lindsay Lohan has made her "Gigli."That's partly because it's as epically awful as that notorious 2003 bomb starring the artist formerly known as Bennifer. Primarily, though, i...
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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Nov. 11-17:Nov. 11: Comedian Jonathan Winters is 82. Jazz singer-pianist Mose Allison is 80. Country singer Narvel Felts is 69. Guitarist Vince Martell of Vanill...
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John Safran is out to get God.But not as in "defeat" or "undermine." More like "comprehend" _ but with an audacious, some might even say irreverent, style.This is the premise for a most ungodly doc...
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David Frankel’s The Devil Wears Prada, from a screenplay by Aline Brosh McKenna, is loosely based on Lauren Weisberger’s best-selling roman à clef about her demeaning experiences w...
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David Frankel’s The Devil Wears Prada, from a screenplay by Aline Brosh McKenna, is loosely based on Lauren Weisberger’s best-selling roman à clef about her demeaning experiences w...
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Marshall, Garry (1934—)
Garry Marshall
Critical Essay by JosÉ M. Ferrer
Fonda, Felicity and Lindsay Flounder in Georgia
