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Bookmark this pageThe Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
Director: Colin Higgins
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From Time Out Film Guide
The brothel as soul of the community, charitable institution, or social therapy on a par with raffia work? This musical avoids sensitive issues like the clap, settling for stock tarts-with-hearts, loyal regulars, virginal jocks, and an outraged clean-up-the-state prude (DeLuise) of monstrously miscamped proportions. Clumsy chorus-lining, a penchant for ostrich plumes, and a tinny musical sameness betray the film's stage origins. One good number: Durning's Governor tripping a neat political 'Sidestep'. But the dialogue is Texas crude, the sentiment Bible Belt coy, and the songs conveyor-belt Broadway: stale air on a G-string.Author: AM
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- aperson said...
- Posted on Jan 04 2009 07:27 Neither my 27 year old daughter or myself enjoyed this production. The producers did not bother to develop any characters so neither of us had any attachment to the characters. The singing wasn't enjoyable either.
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Cast & crew
Director: Colin Higgins
Producer: Thomas L Miller, Edward K Milkis, Robert L Boyett
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Dom DeLuise, Charles Durning, Robert Mandan, Lois Nettleton full cast
Genre(s): Musicals
Duration: 114 mins
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