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Starring Peter Sellers. ![[Photo]](/photos/party1.jpg) If someone were to tell me that there was no screenplay present while Blake Edwards and company were filming The Party, I'd simply shrug and say, "okay". The reason for this is that The Party is nothing more than a two hour excuse for Peter Sellers to do his shtick. This is why I found The Party both humorous and far different than the grand majority of other comedies produced within the last thirty years. It seems safe to assume that the idea of The Party came about as Edwards and Sellers, seeing how well Sellers' clumsy, slapstick humor was received in The Pink Panther films the two had previously collaborated on, decided to create a film devoted entirely to that off-balance, bumbling act. The plot for The Party? Sellers, starring as Indian actor Hrundi Bakshi, is mistakenly invited to a studio executives party. Trouble ensues. There are no societal messages or artistic features that The Party wishes to send or displa.html>spla.html>spla.html>spla.html>splay. It's set up punchline, deliver punchline, and repeat. With subject matter such as this--Sellers dumping an entire roll of unrolled toilet paper into the toilet, washing an elephant in the swimming pool, or accidentally getting his chicken dinner lodged in another female partygoers hair-- is there any point in mentioning the cinematography, or Edwards' smooth style of direction? It doesn't appear so. Other than possessing the least legible credits in the history of the celluloid medium, The Party's only flaw comes with its tedious nature. Since there is not plot, on any level you choose to examine, should you not find Sellers' attempts to feed a parakeet with "birdie num nums" or to dislodge his shoe from between two stepping stones funny, you're forced to wait until the next joke to be entertained. Fortunately though, The Party is on track more often than not, with situations so ridiculous or far fetched that they provoke more than the average belly laugh: see the aforementioned chicken dinner remark. If you like Peter Sellers and are in the mood for an unconventional style of comedy, brace yourself for a treat, The Party is just what you're looking for.
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