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Review by
PATTY CULVER
The Owl and the Pussycat
has the plot of so many movies
of today- boy meets girl; girl
seduces him and they fall in
love. The producers, in their
attempt to make it unique, did
add a few different twists to
the story. The leading lady,
played by Barbra Streisand, is a
slut with long fingernails and
scant costumes and her male
counterpart is a down-and-out
author, George Segal,
struggling for existence in the
cruel world of New York.
The show attempts to make
comments on life in the heart
of the large cities, such as
Felix's (Segal) attempts to get
help when he is locked out of
his apartment, his neighbors
and landlord being so helpful.
THE ACTING was
sufficient, although I have seen
both Segal and Streisand in
much better performances.
Streisand's performance
consisted of much yelling and
finger waving and Segal was a
confused author with one (or
was that two) costumes and
an abundance of large words.
The transitions between
moods and reactions were
undeveloped and very
uncertain. Felix goes into a fit
of hysteria or the two of them
share a "joint" without any
preparation. It looked like they
wanted to shorten the picture,
so they cut out the transition
scenes and lines.
The show is certainly a
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change for Streisand as she
steps down from the
entertaining musicals and their
heroines to the part of a
prostitute with foul language
and no redeeming melodies. It
will be a past position to see
her stripping before the camera
and partaking in a scene that is
more than suggestive.
THE SHOW did have several
amusing ideas and scenes in it
as Doris encounters various old
men trying to be sexy and she
and Felix are caught bathing in
his fiance's private bathtub.
The show didn't get boring as
each scene had something
different happening and a
development of the characters.
The technical quality of the
film was far from the best. The
film was scratchy and the
viewer had the feeling that he
needed his glasses changed as
. . . Segal and Streisand.
the picture was slightly out of
focus most of the time. The
scene changes were too abrupt
in many places and the lighting
was unnatural in many of the
scenes.
This viewer enjoyed parts of
the story and managed to stay
awake, but would not go back
to see it again. With a re-write
of the script, the story could
be amusing and interesting.
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