Coral Gables Historical Archive
The Times
Wednesday, July 21, 1976, page 15 (of 30)
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entertainment
12 TIMES/GUIDE Wednesday, July 21, 1976 entertainment
Only laughter is audible in Brooks' 'Silent Movie'
movie review . . . erica meyer Mel Brooks' The Silent Movie is both side-splittingly funny and disgusting. Brooks' comic genius runs unfettered, but one fetter he could use is good taste. Nevertheless, The Silent Movie provides two hours of absorbing humor — if you don't mind an occasional gross joke. Brooks plays director Mel Funn, who is trying to sell "The Big Studio" on making a silent film. The studio head, Sid Caesar, is faced with seeing his business purchased by a conglomerate (Engulf and Devour — symbolized by a globe clutched by two grasping hands) if he doesn't come up with a big hit. The studio head tells Brooks he can make the movie if he can get big stars. So Brooks and his sidekicks, Marty Feldman (in a pilot's jumpsuit) Dom De Luise (snacking all the way), set off in search of big stars. The stars they find show an admirable ability to poke fun at themselves and their images, though some do it better than others. Paul Newman, Burt Reynolds and Anne Bancroft (Mrs. Mel Brooks) handle their brief cameos with aplomb and humor. James Caan and Liza Minelli try to do the same, but come off just a touch awkward. Newman, being pursed by Brooks and company in electric wheelchairs, and Bancroft, dancing on a nightclub table, are super. "So what's bad taste?" you might ask. Well, a man foaming at the mouth is in bad taste; a wooden carrousel horse that defecates alphabet blocks is in bad taste and a group of winos praying to a giant liquor bottle is bad taste. Then what's so funny. Well, Brooks is funny on the face of it. And he conceives brilliant bits of wacky sideplay that provoke delight and laughter, even as we recover from the most recent bit of vulgarity. This is strictly grown-up fare and you have to be just a little crazy to really get a kick out of it.
Oriental Gardens promises exotic cuisine
Oriental Gardens, 1559 Sunset Dr. (near the corner of Red Road and Sunset), 665-1980, 666-5300. Hours: 11 a.m. to midnight, every day. All major credit cards. On street parking. dining out Plump red or blue pillows offer traditional seating at low tables in the Oriental Garden's main dining room and in two private dining rooms. Regulation tables and chairs, however, are available in two other spacious dining rooms if your back is weaker than your yen for authenticity. Entrees include Korean, Japanese and Chinese specialties and every dinner comes with a mixed Oriental salad, fresh vegetables, fried rice and Alaskan King Crab soup. Additional appetizers are Shae Woo (shrimp, hard boiled egg, tomato, cucumber, bean sprouts and Oriental dressing), egg roll, Shan Sun Mi (abalone, shrimp, fish cake and horse radish), Wan Ja (meat balls and bean cake with Oriental ingredients) or Nori Roll (Oriental vegetables and shrimp rolled in seaweed, sauteed in butter and served with ginger sauce). Appetizers range from $2 to $3.50. Entree prices cluster between $6.75 and $8 with charcoal broiled lobster, Korean style, priced at $12.95. Beef dishes include Japanese Suki Yaki (thin slices of beef cooked with seven fresh vegetables and prepared at your table), Bul Kal Bee (beef and ribs charcoal broiled in special sauce) and Deung Shim (a sirloin steak marinated several hours in a special sauce). Pork entrees include a Japanese offering and two Korean dishes. The Korean Selections are broiled ribs in herb sauce and thin sliced pork, marinated and charcoal broiled. The Japanese selection is Kushi Katsu (chunks of pork with onions and green pepper, deep fried). Poultry features are Hong Kong Duck boneless young chicken in a special sauce and a Cornish hen marinated in teri yaki sauce. There is also a seafood side to the menu which ranges from charcoal broiled salmon to raw fresh snapper with special green horse radish.
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