HORRID WARNING
THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH, a_ romantic comedy by George Axelrod; Heinemann, English price 8/6. \WHAT shall I say of The Seven Year Itch? I shall say this: that it is slick and nasty, and a deplorable bore. Who cares if Richard something’s wife is away and he consoles himself with the chook upstairs? Who cares, if on reflection his wife still seems his sunshine, his only sunshine? Adultery is the classic comic theme, but let it for pity’s sake have wit and style, or if this is not possible, let it be broad and lusty! The Seven Year Itch gives you titillation, and nothing more. This is always offensive by what it implies, not that men are often unfaithful to their wives, but that this primitive itching and tickling is proper behaviour for men and women. I regret to record that Mr. Axelrod has found it a profitable theme on both sides of the Atlantic. I issue here a horrid werning. If any of our societies produce it, it will confirm my worst suspicions.
Bruce
Mason
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 778, 18 June 1954, Page 14
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178HORRID WARNING New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 778, 18 June 1954, Page 14
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