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"American Playhouse" Who Am I This Time? (1982)
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2 February 1982
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From a short story by Kurt Vonnegut. Christopher Walken is a shy hardware store employee. But whenever...
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Utterly delightful.
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(Episode Credited cast) | Susan Sarandon | ... | Helene Shaw |
 | Christopher Walken | ... | Harry Nash |
 | Robert Ridgely | ... | George Johnson |
| Dorothy Patterson | ... | Doris |
| Caitlin Hart | ... | Lydia |
| Les Podewell | ... | Les |
| Aaron Freeman | ... | Andrew |
| Jerry Vile | ... | Albert |
| Paula Frances | ... | Minnie |
 | Mike Bacarella | ... | Stage Manager |
| Ron Parady | ... | Vern |
| Debbi Hopkins | ... | Christie |
| Maria Todd | ... | Heather |
| Sandy McLeod | ... | Flirt #1 |
| Edie Vonnegut | ... | Flirt #2 |
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53 min | Argentina:95 min
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The quotations recited by the actors in the various plays, from "Cyrano" to "A Streetcar named Desire" to "The Importance of Being Earnest", are often paraphrased. In the opening act, we watch Harry Nash deliver the final lines of "Cyrano," which were taken not from the well-known translations of the standard texts, but from the film adaptation Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) with translation by Brian Hooker. Edmond Rostand's final two words in the original French were "My panache!" which is usually used in translations. Hooker's version changes it to "My white plume!" Another slight variation occurs in the final lines, when Helene accepts Harry's proposal of marriage and says, "I hope that after we marry, you'll always look at me just like this... especially in front of other people!" In the original play by Oscar Wilde, the line is "I hope you will always look at me just like that, especially when there are other people present."
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[after a rehearsal that has gone very well, with Helene and Harry acting powerfully, and almost erotically, with each other:]
George Johnson: Lydia. Do we have a play, or do we have a play?
Lydia: What play? There isn't any play going on now.
George Johnson: What?
Harry Nash: [still in Kowalski mode, though with that undeniable Walken accent:] Hey, you!
[George points toward himself questioningly, to be sure that Harry is speaking to him]
Harry Nash: You t'rough wit' me?
George Johnson: What?
Harry Nash: [shouting] Can I go home now?
George Johnson: Sure, Harry, yeah.
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George Johnson: Lydia. Do we have a play, or do we have a play?
Lydia: What play? There isn't any play going on now.
George Johnson: What?
Harry Nash: [still in Kowalski mode, though with that undeniable Walken accent:] Hey, you!
[George points toward himself questioningly, to be sure that Harry is speaking to him]
Harry Nash: You t'rough wit' me?
George Johnson: What?
Harry Nash: [shouting] Can I go home now?
George Johnson: Sure, Harry, yeah.
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I show this film to whoever I can. It's heartwarming without ever being saccharine. Walken and Saradon are marvelous together, the script is great, the evocation of the small town theatre group perfect. There are several uses of the play within a play theme, all of them perfect. I especially loved the game played with The Importance of Being Earnest.