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The Bugle Sounds (1942)
An enjoyable antique.
Saw this a while back on the usual TV channel, and enjoyed it very much. In terms of quality, it's maybe a 2.5, but it rates a 5, at least, for historical interest. From the tommygun scabbard on Beery's horse, to the officer(?) telling the recruits that the 37mm popgun will take out any tank in the world, to the fact that the villainous spy/saboteurs have risible "German" accents but are never identified ass such, this is a perfect "Preparedness Era" (between September, 1939 and December 7, 1941) movie. Watch it for what it is; don't criticize it for what it never could have been.
Slings and Arrows (2003)
I "ditto" williamwolfe's comments.
And, if I may, supplement them with my personal joy that a second season has now(May, 2006)begun, and I am able top enjoy this one both as a theater-lover and as a retired tax man.
Since that is all the "spoiling" I wish to do, I will only add that the old characters are better than ever, the new characters and their sociopathologies are fascinating, and the current (only Chapter 3, I believe) plot lines are more fun, more complex, and even less pre-guessable than those of the first season.
Vive le festin de Burbage! (One year of high-school French, about 55 years ago.) And how can I get tickets for next summer's season?