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iti- j-v 1 8f 4 t' r- Zf'i :7 mm Thursday October 31, Off-Broadway Detective Spoof Slammed As By Critic By WILLIAM GLOVER NEW YORK (AP) A show for the cartoon comic zealots is "Bullshot another arrival on the local stage scene from Surprise, Surprise London. Spy story addicts probably also will enjoy this spoof that takes its thinly disguised title from one of those fictional sleuth series that filled the years between Sherlock departure and the advent of James Bond. The production which opened Tuesday night at Theater Four was created and performed by five members of a group known as the Low Moan Spectacular. That is the organization which a couple of seasons ago perpetrated a still-running Hispanic parody revue, Grande de Coca-Cola." Ron House, Diz White, Alan Shearman. Louisa Hart and most of all John Neville-Andrews who plays seven, count'em, roles, are unsubtle burlesquers who wear down possible criticism with relentless enthusiasm, knockabout action and cardboard props.

The madcap story centers on humbling Crummond not wonderful who outwits the Black Baron of Blitzberg in pursuit of a secret formula, with at least, a passing swipe at every cliche in Uhe derring-do canon. It's ail quite jolly and amus i ing in a way, and few episodes manage to bej briskly imaginative. Just 90 minutes long, too, which leaves plenty of time of an evening for other things. What other critics said: Martin Gottfried. New York Post: "For quick-witted non sense with an appreciation of visual comedy, the show couldn't be more Clive Barnes, New York Times: laughed quite a lot hut for all its silliness this is not a show to pay good mon- ey to Douglas Watt, New York News: for what it is, unadulterated junk, does have its moments.

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