Steve Schwartz wrote: >My wife made me see the movie. But I do disagree that it studies >human nature. Agreed. I don't think there's a study of human nature, just some reflections of it. It's a very simple movie about a sophmoric and coarse young man, having a tremendous musical talent, who is inadvertently ruining the life of another guy who was the musical "toast of the town". If you approach the movie as something more than that, dislike sets in quickly. Don Satz [log in to unmask]