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However, Tom Shales of The Washington Post was summarily unimpressed by So Fine's satire, considering its main gimmick (the see-through jeans) topically ripe for satire, but ultimately wasted and imbecilic. [9]
So Fine: Directed by Andrew Bergman. With Ryan O'Neal, Jack Warden, Mariangela Melato, Richard Kiel. While trying to get his father out of a financial jam, a man comes up with an idea that turns into an unexpected overnight financial fashion success: bottomless pants.
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- Comedy
- Andrew Bergman
- 1981-09-25
Sep 10, 2012 · Directing his own script, Bergman executes his knowing movie references - O'Neal as Cary Grant, embarrassed in improvised drag; a nod toward the lustful satire of Tashlin's The Girl Can't Help It...
What's sitting at the core of this, the idea that elites, both in fashion and academia, can be bamboozled into embracing the most ridiculous ideas, is ripe for satire. Virtually everything else around that is basically garbage.
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- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Andrew Bergman
Sep 25, 1981 · ''So Fine'' is somewhat marred by an unpleasant attitude toward its female characters, every single one of whom is made out to be sexually predatory. While the men congratulate...
- Andrew Bergman
"So Fine" was intended as a satire on the garment industry and the gullibility of the fashion-conscious, in this case, a company that sets the fashion world on fire with jeans with see-through hip pockets. The finale, a disastrous opera production, was intended as an homage to the Marx Bros.'
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Sep 25, 1981 · Trying to recreate the screwball comedy success of his collaborations with Peter Bogdanovitch, actor Ryan O'Neal headlined this sporadically funny mixture of light farce and social satire. O'Neal stars as Bobby, an intellectual English professor who leaves his job when his father Jack (Jack Warden) appeals to him for help.
