Soap Dish is all-star soap opera send-up that doesn’t lather.
When I was first assignedSoap Dish, I thought, cool, I saw that in the movies.
I dont remember anything about it, but I remember seeing it.
I asked my wife about it and she didnt remember even seeing it.
Neither one of us could remember what it was about, though.
Usually, if Ive seen a movie, I recognize it sometime while watching it again.
That didnt happen withSoap Dish, even though I had vague recollections of things that were about to happen.
I remembered that she was the best thing in the movie.
But I still didnt remember the movie.
The plot ofSoap Dishis simple enough.
Celeste drowns her sorrows in Stoli.
The show is doing so bad Quiz shows are beating us.
Theres a lady making sausages who almost tied us.
They prefer peppy and cheap.
Rose Schwartz, the head writer, takes care of Celeste.
Takes her to the mall and points her out to the shoppers so they can mob her for autographs.
The producers settle for letting Celeste kill a deaf and dumb (No head.
On their fourth date.
One more date and we wouldve had a Greek tragedy on our hands.
The producers let the stars lives blend with their characters and it turns the show around.
Celeste steps in front of a bus and signs more autographs.
Montana turns out to be a guy named Milton and Craven goes on to win an Overactress award herself.
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Soap Dishhas an all-star cast, headed by Sally Field.
Everyone in the movies liked her.
We know they liked her because she told us they did.
She had a box of chocolates to prove it.
In 2007, Field was horribly censored for an insensitive call to peace during her own Emmy appearance.
As Celeste Talbot, Field is playing against key in and into it.
Thats also how she bullied her frail-boned way intoLincoln.
But, like any party where you have too much fun, you dont remember it in the morning.
Kevin Kline had done his time in soaps as Woody Reed onSearch for Tomorrow.
And Klines ham comes with a lot of cheese.
This after hes Seen things in Europe.
That was the punchline, you almost felt bad for laughing.
Whoopi telephoned this in.
Even Clara didnt have the Heart to tell her that Rose Schwartz was a ghost of her former self.
Robert Downey Jr. has been acting since he was five.
Cathy Moriarty was an early hit as Robert De Niros young wife Vikki inRaging Bull.
Her attitude matched anything he had to throw at her.
She cracked wise and sexy as Ramona inNeighborswith John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd.
Its better that he gets no screen time than unfunny screen time.
The same could be said of Princess Leia.
Carrie Fisher has always been a soap opera.
She was born a soap opera.
As Betsy Faye Sharon, she gets meager moments, a couple wise cracks and theyre done with her.
Leaving her to do someWishful Drinking.
She is intent on acting as Lori Craven, while everyone else is performing.
and theyre spectacular.)
Talk about a soap opera.
He went on to become a cheerleader at Southern Methodist University.
Doesnt it usually happen the other way?
Its Spelling I blame for the adult onset ADD that came over me while watching this movie.
Hed go on to sell acne cream to former teenagers on Beverly Hills 90210.
His sheen is all over Soap Dish.
Hes also famous for his What if she cant act?
Thats never stopped us before school of casting.
Soap Dishis one of many frantic Hollywood attempts to make fun of itself, so why should I bother?
Almost the entire cast ofSoap Dishhad nude statuettes on their mantel shelves and each of them is slumming here.
Soap operas are supposed to sell soap.
Theyre supposed to make domestic caretakers feel steamy and dirty and smelling of sex.
I didnt even need to gargle.
Rating:
1.5 out of 5
