The Pink Panther (1963)

Conventional wisdom tells me that it's generally not a good idea for a comedy film to be overlong. running gags can really only work well 2-3 times before they get stale, and with a single setup and set of characters there is typically only so much iteration you can do before you start to repeat your self. Imagine my surprise then that The Pink Panther (1963), a movie I've seen a few times and generally regard as a light quick comedy, is actually a nicely plump 2 hours. It certainly feels a lot quicker.

The Miracle Worker (1962)

We all had some good laughs last week with Some Like it Hot, (potentially problematic bi-representation aside), and to be honest I didn't really wanna let that fun go to get into another drama as The Miracle Worker (1962), being based on the early life of the famously blind and deaf woman Helen Keller, most obviously is. Especially since the past few dramas I've reviewed for the blog have been... well... awful for one reason or another. As The Miracle Worker opened with a mother and father literally screaming at their blind, deaf baby hoping to elicit some reaction I felt as though my fears would be made manifest. That feeling didn't last long.