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Title: Trimmings Without Substance
Review: RAZZLE DAZZLE is essentially nothing more than a Mitzi Gaynor TV Specials SAMPLER. It features GLIMPSES of her shows as well as a few complete comedy sketches and song-and-dance numbers therefrom, but its entertainment value has been tremendously diluted by its documentary format. Predictable interviews with show-business professionals are nice, but inessential. I'd substitute every minute of RAZZLE DAZZLE's interview footage and commentary with more TV clips concentrating solely on Mitzi's comic brilliance or her truly "razzle-dazzle" dancing. Mitzi's management apparently pushed for--but incredibly failed to obtain--a DVD box-set release of her complete TV specials as originally aired. The loss is large. This single-disc revue is wanting; it is most unsatisfactory--it offers individual tiles, but no complete mosaics. One star.
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