MURDER BY DEATH
Directed by ROBERT MOORE Screenplay by NEIL SIMON
Take a shot at this: try talking about a Neil Simon pieceplay or movie or TV sketchwithout retelling one of his gags. It is no secret that Simon's writing depends mostly on jokes, the kind of good delicatessen dialogue comedy writers toss off during a fast lunch. Niceties like plot and characterization are provided largely to make the jokes work. Simon's characters have quirks in place of personalities, and they tend to talk alike, because the jokes have little to do with the people...
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