Film · United Artists · 1942
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To Be or Not to Be
76Worth an evening.
It laughs in occupied Warsaw and will not let the occupiers be only the joke.
The review
People were shocked that it laughed, and I understand the shock. A Polish theater company, a vain star and his wife, caught in the occupation. They play parts, officers among them, to survive and to stop a spy. Jack Benny, Carole Lombard. The joke is dangerous. The danger stays real.
Older children can watch it with us. I will not let anybody here turn the occupiers into only a punchline. The film doesn't. Vanity is amusing until a bad performance would cost the troupe. Afterward we can talk about a skill used for a city, not about how clever a uniform can look.
Journal
Keep To Be or Not to Be in the record.
No house has filed a sentence for this yet.
Live Historic number 76. Yours can differ.
The glance
Household is the thin one.
Is a marriage, a parent, or a child a real life here, or just a prop?
This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.
The eight
- 9Industry
Their acting is how they survive and how they stop a spy.
- 6Household
A vain star and his wife keep a marriage inside the company.
- 7Piety
Hiding would be easier; they also take on stopping the spy.
- 9Courage
They play officers under occupation, risking lives they would miss.
- 9Republic
Occupied Warsaw is a city they owe, not a set for jokes.
- 6Temperance
The star wants applause, and the danger will not shrink for him.
- 8Truth
The officer parts are lies, and a slipped lie would bill the troupe.
- 7Stewardship
A city still occupied remains, and the players did more than laugh.
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