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Show "S&y Bountiful star shines dSSl- in stage production TAKING ON WATER W 1 By JANIS STUART One never sees him, but his voice carries the show. Bruce Willis is the voice of the baby and young child in "Look Who's Talking." Kirstie Alley and John Travolta star in the production that is rated PG 13. There is no deep plot or hidden meaning in the show, but if one goes to see it just to have fun, he will. Usually, when a child has lines to speak in a film, they are so forced ,and phony that even the cuteness of jtiie child is overshadowed. In a unique twist, "Look Who's Talking" Talk-ing" uses the voice of Willis to let the audience know what the child is thinking. Somehow, and it couldn't have been easy, the camera caught fantastic expressions on the child's face and then matched them up to comic statements by Willis. It must have been difficult for Willis to reign in his humor because it is so spontaneous for him. However, he was not overbearing and the things the child supposedly was thinking, as spoken by Willis, were realistic and, therefore, very funny. Kirstie Alley does a good enough job that by the time the plot thickens, the audience forgets she is the manager on the television show "Cheers." John Travolta lapses , into a segment where he shows he . 1 can still dance like he did in "Saturday Night Fever," but it quickly passes and the show continues. con-tinues. The beginning segment on conception con-ception is somewhat graphic and may offend some movie goers, but it does have a funny side and there is nothing really distasteful about it. "Look Who's Talking" is a comedy, nothing more. It will not go down in history as a classic, but it is a fun movie to see to get. a few laughs and forget one's problems. |