Neither of those opinions have changed a bit, I might go get an 80’s perm this weekend! As a budding preteen I didn’t care about endings and themes and the constant cheesiness made me giggle. I was obsessed with Midler’s giant hair and polka-dot suits and I had been a big fan of Tomlin’s hilarity since 9 to 5 and The Incredible Shrinking Woman. In fact they thought it might be the vehicle for a Lily Tomlin and Bette Midler trilogy of comedic mishaps! (I WISH!) Instead the borrowed, bumbling routines and the unfinished ending feel like a total let down especially with the talents of Tomlin and Midler involved!īut here’s the thing, I LOVE THIS DISASTER OF A FILM! I remember watching Big Business as a 11 year old in 6th grade. Jim Abrahams’ 1988 Big Business was meant to be a fast paced, slap-stick comedy in the styles of Abbott and Costello and the Marx Brothers. All rights reserved.A Child Of The 80’s Visits “Old Friends” Midler & Tomlin! Directed by Jim Abrahams/ 1988 Street Date May 1, 2018/ Kino-Lorber Studio Classics © Buena Vista Pictures / DIVINE MADNESS, Bette Midler, 1980, (c) Warner Brothers BEACHES, Bette Midler, 1988, (c) Touchstone DIVINE MADNESS, Bette Midler, 1980, (c) Warner Brothers DIVINE MADNESS, Bette Midler, 1980, © Warner Brothers DIVINE MADNESS, Bette Midler as Delores DeLago, 1980, (c) Warner Brothers JINXED, Bette Midler, 1982, (c) MGM HOCUS POCUS, Bette Midler, 1993, © Buena Vista BIG BUSINESS, Lily Tomlin, Bette Midler, Midler, Tomlin, 1988 ISN'T SHE GREAT, Bette Midler, Nathan Lane, 2000, holding copy of book THE ROSE, Bette Midler, 1979, TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. ©Buena Vista Pictures BEACHES, Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, 1988. Photo By: Gregorio Binuya/Everett Collection DIVINE MADNESS, Bette Midler, 1980, © Warner Brothers HOCUS POCUS, Kathy Najimy, Sarah Jessica Parker (top), Thora Birch (bottom), Bette Midler, 1993. Photo By: Jason Mendez/Everett Collection Bette Midler at arrivals for The 86th Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals 1 - Oscars 2014, The Dolby Theatre at Hollywood and Highland Center, Los Angeles, CA March 2, 2014. Photo By: Jason Mendez/Everett Collection Bette Midler at arrivals for New York Restoration Project Spring Picnic and Sherman Creek Groundbreaking, 3725 10th Avenue at Harlem River Drive, New York, NY June 19, 2017. Photo By: Kristin Callahan/Everett Collection Bette Midler at arrivals for New York Restoration Project Spring Picnic and Sherman Creek Groundbreaking, 3725 10th Avenue at Harlem River Drive, New York, NY June 19, 2017.
Photo By: Kristin Callahan/Everett Collection Bette Midler at arrivals for God s Love We Deliver 12th Annual Golden Heart Awards Celebration, Spring Studios, New York, NY October 16, 2018. Photo By: RCF/Everett Collection Bette Midler at arrivals for God’s Love We Deliver 12th Annual Golden Heart Awards Celebration, Spring Studios, New York, NY October 16, 2018. Gypsy Coastal Elites Coastal Elites Photos Bette Midler at arrivals for Variety''s Power of Women: New York presented by Lifetime, Cipriani 42nd Street, New York, NY April 5, 2019. As a film star, live performer and winner of Grammy, Emmy and Golden Globe awards, Midler was an entertainment icon of the highest order. More than 30 years into her career, the entertainer was still scoring hits with such albums as 1998's Bathhouse Betty and the televised special of her acclaimed Caesar's Palace act "Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On" (HBO, 2010). In an era where stage, screen and recording crossover success was rare, only Liza Minnelli rivaled Midler when it came to endless concert tour schedules and triumph in all genres. She also lent appropriately outrageous variations of Miss M to comedies including "Ruthless People" (1986), "Down and Out in Beverly Hills" (1986) and "The First Wives Club" (1996). Her initial stage fame and string of nostalgia-tinged hit albums in the 1970s eventually led to big screen success, with dramas like the pseudo Janis Joplin biopic "The Rose" (1980) and three-hankie chick flick "Beaches" (1990). She was quick with the comebacks, took no guff and had a tendency to burst into tunes from the Great American Songbook. Bette Midler built a successful stage, screen and recording career on the basis of her self-styled "Divine Miss M" character - a sassy, hip-wagging classic "broad" archetype.
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