The writing team of Taylor and Bologna became the acting team of Taylor and Bologna, that being Renee "Sylvia Fine" and real life husband Joe. They are hysterically funny living out the lives of their characters (Pandora and Giggy), greatly made who they are thanks to the love (or neuroses) of their parents. Famous actors of the future are cast as his parents (one an Oscar winner!), and you'll recognize a few familiar faces among the ensemble including the therapy session that Taylor and Bologna meet in.
She's neurotic and desperate, and he's commitment shy and admittedly not quite a gentleman. She's also a very untalented cabaret entertainer who thinks she's a lot better than she is, like an early 70's New York City version of Sally Bowles. Her mother, Helen Verbit, obviously loves her daughter very much, but she's not exactly the most couth woman, and steals every moment that she's in, especially with her obsession with astrology.
Her father Louis Zorich couldn't express love for his wife or daughter if they saved his life, and interestingly enough was married in real life to Bologna's on screen mom, Olympia Dukakis. This is definitely her biggest screen part up until "Moonstruck". Paul Sorvino, as Bologna's pop, is epitome of Italian American masculinity and very funny. But the film is about Taylor and Bologna who played two real losers in life, and they really made me fall in love with them in their historically funny realistic performances.
She's neurotic and desperate, and he's commitment shy and admittedly not quite a gentleman. She's also a very untalented cabaret entertainer who thinks she's a lot better than she is, like an early 70's New York City version of Sally Bowles. Her mother, Helen Verbit, obviously loves her daughter very much, but she's not exactly the most couth woman, and steals every moment that she's in, especially with her obsession with astrology.
Her father Louis Zorich couldn't express love for his wife or daughter if they saved his life, and interestingly enough was married in real life to Bologna's on screen mom, Olympia Dukakis. This is definitely her biggest screen part up until "Moonstruck". Paul Sorvino, as Bologna's pop, is epitome of Italian American masculinity and very funny. But the film is about Taylor and Bologna who played two real losers in life, and they really made me fall in love with them in their historically funny realistic performances.