Screwball Satire In The Birdcage
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"The Birdcage" doesn't speak the truth plot, at any rate. It's about character, and about the contorted rationale of screwball satire, in which everyone acts the craziest exactly when they're attempting to bode well.
What makes Mike Nichols' form more than only a retread is great throwing in the key parts, and a devilish screenplay by Elaine May, who keeps the first story however includes little humdingers here and there ("Live on Fisher Island and get covered in Palm Beach - that way you'll defeat Florida!").
The motion picture stars Robin Williams as Armand Goldman, the proprietor administrator of a drag revue on South Beach. He lives upstairs over his dance club with Albert (Nathan Lane), the superstar, who has been his darling for around