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(More customer reviews)DVD and MTM do a passable job in the production of The Gin Game, but what was their greatest asset in the old Dick Van Dyke series becomes their Achilles heel here, namely their strong chemistry as a team. I just couldn't get past the feeling that these people had known each other for decades, and knew each other's every quirk. In this show, that gets in the way of the story line that revolves around two elderly strangers getting to know and dislike one another and go through the process of accepting each other (and themselves) for who they are. It's too bad that they picked this particular project for their long-awaited reunion.
I was privileged to see the incomperable Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn in the original stage production of this play. Strangely enough, although they also were a team of VERY long standing, they were able to overcome this issue. I understand that a VHS version of that performance is floating around. I strongly recommend seeing that, if you can.
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Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore reunite in their first actingperformance together since "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961-66), the classic comedyseries for which both stars earned multiple Emmy Awards. Newly filmed in highdefinition. This powerfully bittersweet comedy follows the relationship that developsbetween nursing home residents Fonsia Dorsey and Weller Martin during a series of gingames in which their ailments, misfortunes and losses are exposed in funny, honest andincreasingly heated moments. Stars Emmy-winning actors Mary Tyler Moore (OrdinaryPeople) and Dick Van Dyke (Mary Poppins)
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