| You liked Michael Crawford in the film of "Hello, Dolly!" Really. De gustibus....I guess, but even defenders of the film (and I enjoyed it a lot when I was twelve) tend to find his performance embarrassingly bad. A friend recently pointed out that it seems like he was trying to imitate Charles Nelson Reilly (whose brand of comedy I do enjoy--so, de gustibus to me, I guess), but CNR was sui generis--what could be kooky and endearing in him just seemed annoying in Crawford. |
