A visiting friend and I sat down last night to watch Woody Allen’s old film Bananas, curious to see if it would stand up. It doesn’t though I don’t indict Woody for that. “I Want To Hold Your Hand” doesn’t either.
But, of course, there are gags that continue to work. My favorite had Woody failing in love and at a magazine store covertly trying to peek at porn mags. The camera surveys a long sequence of about a dozen different covers (“Gigantic Asses”, “Orgasm”, “Triple Ds”…that sort of thing) and included in this sequence is “The National Review”.
That gag stands up.
Mockery of the National Review is forever.
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Yes. Surprising it’s managed to outlast “Gigantic Asses”.