David Levy wrote:
>> I never saw the show, but I've seen more then enough negative
statements
>> about Jerry's time in the role and yet the reviewers loved him. Which
>> means nothing to me as I'm not a fan of the current 007 or Batman
either.
>> Anyway I didn't think Hayes was all that great as Lewis, much as Jerry
>> did. Overall I don't think Hayes is all that great period.
>
> Call me unsophisticated, but I liked Jerry Lewis as Applegate. It's
> not a huge stretch of the imagination to picture hell as being rules
> by Jerry, and whatever else you can say about him, he was FUNNY.
Not in London, he wasn't. Perhaps, by the time I saw him, he'd been
doing it a little bit too long - but, for whatever reason, it was one of
the worst, most egregiously self-regarding performances I've ever seen
on a professional stage. Shame, because I liked a lot of things about
the production.
--
Stephen
She irons her jeans. She's evil. She has to be destroyed.
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