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ENTERTAINMENT
A Private Function'mocks social status
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cumntcnJjhlc. hui all of
"* r.tnor ifurailcfv ate alv well
.. .,..,.„ -u different • kirxlof hunrnr ...._.... itur,
tegular American liumor, it's nturc
.i\ujl 4nJ a kinJ of Untiih \JjpMwk.
cvfccially cr«l Jenumi. anj were
often -4J ,i!cRa!!> T-i piotc.t the
asncultural envumy. the uiMtij: i.f
pic* *ai «nctl> ctir.in:i:ed.
h\ 1'kc the comedy on *M. niy
A Pri\att Funuit»i i\ a [iclish
conicily by director Mj!Colm
Mmtny » hich UICA the mortage u(
meal, c.periall)' poik. alter \v,,,|j
War || to nuke fun ofIhc tmroiun v
of 5"cul Suiu> in Hnuin
Michael Palm. o( M,mi\ M,,-,
HviniOrrur'.whjniMifl) portra>»
an obwurc. Immblin; chirofindi.t.
Hi* life'* UL-i.;; •_, renunethe emm
from people \ ten and to mi their
lociuil,. pjiin - i character iCci1
grralcr rcencniiion lor hi* nW.. al c[.
r«if. in pjn f,vjtt« hi. »,|e pljvci
b> Ihc cu:mcn: E.m-Ji actrcn Mapfie
Smith. continually hound* him
"It's different
kind of humor
f han. .American
humor; it's more
visual and a kind
of British
slapstick.''
In Ihe beginning of the HMMC. ihc
»t. the iinJcrfumkt', rfcaliri*\
The (roue-, irnnmJLiiel.
the u-rnMt iiMmoii '.>f thc rtrh
UIK-C IK- vutw-oa* in Mcj!,nt-
I'IJ:. ti-' find,.« I»u» j r hj\c pljnncJ the pzn\ .ind
«h.t jro d.intic Jh.*j[ the |,n*t>l ilh.n
nutn ci\'iw . dimmer ihjt he hj\
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Choosa from these
designers:
i» rather hard i*> lol!n-.v in
un(* tit the film, hu: a* it
.. nv»\t ol i!i- ci-nlti* .in i*
JlH-ph>t jlMiJrjfr^Jur-
**CIH:%. jnd M«»,C wcnc\
thc> jJd runln'.i; ii> the
H I'nwtr ft»tni>n i jofn^
him. The wens Jcp'w ini: Palm
Smith ihjvin? the pi
l
p> > Mccr
much of ihc huni.tr *tIlke^
•oitic of ih< j>ilc« jrc
Ki!t.r«»>m huror. ar*J are
.-iJWtf.- ^V ftrm^ Altllt
IjM.k^ni: fi>r a dbeounl tm a lux rrnlal* t .vu g.1 In i|Ur.l 11 Koiti
Allen («.l. J..iulhan AIKrl>IH5lll. Jr.* Minim IM,l.\l...r I r\a
Ihomvm IH52OI. all of >>r -|»UJI i.n.|« nv
Three convenient locations to end you;r quest:
1235 Burllngame Ave.
Burllngama
344-0663
394 Stanford Center
Palo Alto
326-4442
cb«« Mtlrr Bttiy, ihc pig.
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e«cellcn-. HKWtMieiKe ;«nntii.n-
!'>> ttveff durini: the film, arxl ium
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