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The Miami Herald Wednesday March 9 1983 TU-ncdio me narcissism Proviso 4 he says Unwrapped and satisfied Zoe sighs: are the greatest Like Trilby Zoe simply warble without her Svengali around She freezes in the recording studio until Anton arrives to thunder: no such word as The coach omits to add that ancient Hungarian bromide: the going gets tough the tough get In an interview with a national magazine said myth of Svengali is as potent as any myth there takes a myth am) treats it like a cliche a pity TV make a habit of condoning permanent relationships between 50-year-olds and 22-year-olds and Foster could return in another reworking of Odd he in his smoking jacket she in her pink off-the-shoulder concert outfit They make such terrible music together By TERRY KELLEHER Herald Television Critic probably the wrong time to be saying this Peter reputation is on the rebound His performance in My Favorite Year won widespread critical praise and earned him an Academy Award nomination But really now is there a bigger ham in the English speaking world? is flamboyance personified made for the mad-genius roles (The Stunt Man The Ruling Class) Of course he was funny in My Favorite Year: He was playing a ham actor Reviewing Macbeth at the Old Vic a couple of years back one London critic called his performance as subtle as a battering That style may be acceptable in the theater where an actor must project for the benefit of the balcony The battering-ram approach is murder on the small screen however Viewers tend to panic and take cover under the cof- fee table night at 9 on CBS (Chs 4 11 and 34) a made-for-TV movie about an eccentric demanding vocal coach who brings out the star quality in a young rock singer (Jodie Foster miscast by a mile) He puffs cigarets through a holder he leans against the wall and rolls his eyes he flounces around in a red smoking jacket he shrieks commands energy from the and he spouts epigrams is a form of He kicks over the traces and gnaws voraciously on the scenery Competitors give up This special Emmy Award for nighttime narcissism and histrionics for home consumption goes to drum roll Peter Accepting for Mr should be his director Anthony Harvey and Harvey worked together previously in The Lion in Winter a 1968 feature that starred as King Henry II He likes to play monarchs probably because tantrums are considered a royal prerogative When goes off the deep end Harvey is not the lifeguard you want on duty Come to think of it performance is not out of keeping with a script that has all the subtlety of a you-know-what The teleplay is by Frank Cucci the story by Sue Grafton The basis is George du turn-of-the-century novel Trilby in which a hypnotist named Svengali turned an model into a great singer Lest the literary parallels go unrecognized the TV script establishes that character once portrayed Svengali in a hit musical version of the Trilby tale Not only that but the first scene finds Foster submitting to hypnotism in an effort to quit smoking Not only that but did you notice the title of this movie? The name of the vocal coach is Anton Bozniak supposed to be Hungarian direct descendant of Genghis (boy could that guy throw a tantrum) Ordinarily do Eastern Europeans but he gives the accent a go the he announces am not taking any poo-pils are an inept lot He is fond of chasing them from his apartment then screaming down the stairwell for good measure The aspiring lock star Zoe receives the standard treatment at first Anton bores Zoe and us to tears by putting her through the same basic vocal exercise over and over Since neither nor Foster can sing this is torture Ah but gradually Anton warms to Zoe He calls her and massages her neck Anton demurs at initial proposal of sex are 22 I am he points out Is Inevitably the massages lead to something more intimate Zoe begins to disrobe but Anton invokes ancient Hungarian ritual I make love to a woman I unwrap Peter Jodie Foster: Making terrible music together stars in to Dost Dots Qcdlo and and a CBS situation comedy that bowed Monday night at 8:30 (Chs 4 1 1 and 34) is two shows in one: a private-eye takeoff starring Darren McGavin and a gimmick for the kiddies in which a grown man (Jack Blessing) turn himself into a lilliputian The first show was mildly amusing in the premiere episode the second was pitifully weak McGavin got a couple of decent gags early on (hocking his own watch on a pawnshop stakeout for example) but the laughs ended when the tricks began Remember that Lily Tomlin movie The Incredible Shrinking Woman? Recall the ABC series of the Would you be enthralled by the sight of a tiny fellow rolling around inside a violin? This limited-run series (something called in the moves into the time period March 28) comes from Walt Disney Productions but the Disney connection is played down in the credits and for children for no one in particular Hcroing Highlights 7:00 am Morning Nows Q00 Today Guest: Debbie Alien Lynn Redgrave Good Morning America Guest: Jack Cole-man 8:00 am Educational Programming 9KWam Donahue KMX) am 0 Mery Griffin Guests: Ted Knight 10J0 am OS) Frankly Spooking the Panda the is a National Geographic Special that focuses on the giant pandas that inhabit the remote Wolong Natural Reserve in China and zoos around the world Also examined is the international fight to save them from extinction The one-hour special airs at 8 pm on Chs 2 and 42 dead Is there anyone left who hasn't seen Richard Widmark push Mildred Dunnock down the stairs wheelchair and all? 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