ucbesvax.turner@ucbcad.UUCP (06/21/83)
#N:ucbesvax:6100004:000:997 ucbesvax!turner Jun 21 04:12:00 1983 In "Trading Places", there are a few visual asides. Most of them are not worthy of note (the villain reading G. Gordon Liddy's "Will" is one.) However, there was one that I liked--when Ackroyd and Murphy are together in a room, and they catch news on the T.V.: just before the news comes on, there is a clip from a movie that came out last year called "Xica". It's only about a second long, so you have to be quick. "Xica" is about a slave-girl in South America who manages to rest considerable power and wealth for herself by dint of her native talent. (See it, by the way, if you have a chance.) The parallel is obvious, but understated almost to the vanishing point. "Trading Places" is pretty mindless and exploitative at times, but it was worth 5.5 dollars. Ackroyd goes stale on me real fast, but Murphy is a joy to watch. A lot more thought was put into this one (unlike previous "48 hours", which had *only* Eddie Murphy going for it.) Michael Turner ucbvax!ucbesvax.turner